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Why Washington Has Turned to Pakistan—and What It Means for India

Ziaulhaq Tanin0 Comments

Published: March 16, 2026 In the summer and fall of 2025, Washington’s decision-makers faced an urgent question: which partners could act immediately and deliver tangible results? This focus on short-term…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesAfghanistan, Beijing, China, CPEC, Diplomacy, diplomatic relations, Durand Line, East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), economic development, Gulf War, Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), Islamic Terrorists, Kabul, Pakistan, Taliban, Terror

Can Trilateral Diplomacy Secure Pakistan from Terrorism?

Qurat-UL-Ain Shabbir0 Comments

Kabul hosted a trilateral conference on August 20, 2025, where delegates from China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan participated. This included China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, Pakistan’s deputy prime minister and foreign…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAfghanistan, Arms Control, Atomic, China, cold war, Deterrence, global security, Hezbollah, ICBM, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Middle East, National Security, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, security, Syria, Taliban, Terrorism, Title 22, UN

Deterring Nuclear Terrorism in the Era of Great Power Competition

Alexis Schlotterback0 Comments

As the Cold War ended and new counterterrorism priorities took root in the 2000s, the threat of nuclear terrorism cemented itself as the ultimate catastrophic scenario. Dick Cheney famously stated…

Archive, Emerging ThreatsAfghanistan, Chinese, Haqqani Network, ISIS-K, ISIS-Khorasan, Islamic Terrorists, regional actors, regional threat, Russian, Taliban, Terrorist

The Taliban and ISIS-Khorasan: A Real Rivalry or a Strategic Game to Engineer Crisis?

Kabul Analyst0 Comments

In Afghanistan’s post-2021 security landscape, the prevailing narrative is that the Taliban and ISIS-Khorasan (ISKP) are locked in an existential struggle for control of the country. At first glance, the…

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Restoring Deterrence

Peter Huessy1 Comment

Victor Davis Hanson commemorated D-Day and reminded Americans of how difficult it was for the allies in WWII to recover from the May 26–June 4, 1940, evacuation from Dunkirk. For…

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FYI to the GOP on NATO

Alan Dowd1 Comment

By wielding his rhetorical skills and executive powers to revive America’s political and economic institutions, President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) transformed the first 100 days of a president’s administration into a…

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The Future of US-Pakistan Relations

Muhammad Haseeb Riaz0 Comments

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House may or may not prove auspicious for Pakistan. Trump’s victory will certainly have wide-ranging ramifications for the geopolitical chessboard because of existing…

Archive, Strategic AdversariesAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, drug monopoly, Ghazni, global terrorist groups, illicit trade, ISIS, islamic jihad, Islamic Terrorists, madrasa, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism, UN Security Council, UNAMA, West

The Coming Disaster in Afghanistan

Unnamed Afghan0 Comments

Afghanistan, under Taliban control, is a powder keg ready to erupt with consequences that will ripple throughout the region and the world. The driving forces of this impending disaster are…

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Is America’s Foreign Policy Incoherent?

Michael Fincher0 Comments

American history is imbued with a long-standing skepticism of intervention and long-term commitments that began with George Washington’s farewell address. While there is wisdom in this view, it is even…

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Protecting the Hazara People of Afghanistan is a Moral Obligation the World is Failing to Meet

Alice Hickson

Following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in September, more than 2,800 Hazara Shiites were forcibly evicted from their homes. As an ethnic and religious minority, targeted violence from the Taliban and the…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, Middle East, Syria, United States, Yemen

When it Comes to Security in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Climate Change is a Looming Threat

Perry Lum & Lilly Blumenthal

In response to the Taliban retaking power in Afghanistan, the United States and international donors have suspended aid and frozen billions of dollars in assets. The country, which is highly…