Washington Will ‘Get Real’ On The Taliban…Eventually
American pragmatism in foreign policy is exemplary in the world of international politics. The US foreign policy establishment sometimes goes...
Monday, November 29, 2021
Strategy
Filling The Strategic Void In Afghanistan
The dust has yet to settle from America’s hastily withdrawal from Afghanistan and instead of engaging with the Taliban to...
The Painful Decline Of A Superpower In Our Time
In the preceding few months and years, a historic event of immense import has played out before our eyes. The...
An NRO For The TTP?
An NRO appears to be in the offing, in the form of the government's proposals for amnesty to the militants...
How Far Can Pakistan Rely On The Afghan Taliban To Manage Its TTP Problem?
The origins of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) are obscure. But this much is known: that in the formative period of...
On The Art Of War And Writing Letters To The Enemy: Gallantry At The Battle Of Jamalpur
In 1971, Pakistan found itself in an impossible situation. Severe polarization between the two wings of the country had resulted...
Beyond Perceptions: How We Can Begin To Study Pakistan’s Actual Level Of Strategic Ties With The Taliban
In the past four decades, Pakistan has been relegated from the USA’s sweetheart in the 1980s to a bitter old...
Fighting Like Kautilya: How The Taliban Grand Strategy Put Arthashastra Principles Into Practice
The eventual return of the Taliban to the helm at Kabul may be described as “sweeping,” but it cannot be...
What The Future Looks Like For Afghanistan’s New Masters: Two Possibilities
“They may ring their bells now, before long they will be wringing their hands," said Sir Robert Walpole. The first...
State-Building Vs Nation-Building: Was US Policy In Afghanistan Caught In A False Dichotomy?
With the USA’s rapid escape from the ashes of its Afghanistan adventure, questions have risen about what exactly the superpower...
Beyond The Fog Of War: What The Region Will Look Like As Taliban Take Over Afghanistan
Last week, the Taliban took over the Afghan capital and with it, they have extended their control to the majority...
Rivalry in the Indian Ocean
Damiya Saghir explains how the Milan 2020 exercise highlights the strategic divide in the Indian Ocean Region
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