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Why a Joint US-Pakistan Counterterrorism Task Force Is Necessary

Timor Nawabi0 Comments

For more than 70 years, the world has avoided nuclear war. However, the nuclear order is changing dramatically. Pakistan’s growing nuclear capabilities and ties to terrorist groups present an especially dangerous…

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…

Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic AdversariesChina, cold war, Gulf War I, Iraq, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Korean War, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear modernization, Nuclear Posture Review, Nuclear Weapons, proliferation, Russia, Soviet Union, Taliban, Xi Jinping

America’s Downward Slide

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In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates writes, The United States now confronts graver threats to its security than it has in decades, perhaps ever.…

DevelopmentAfghanistan, Taliban, United States

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 PolicyIndia, Pakistan, South Asia, Taliban, Terrorism, United States

India Should Become The United States Premier South Asian ally

Kimia Hashemi-Nejad

For years, CIA officials tried to confront Pakistani intelligence officials about their assistance to the Taliban. Douglas London, who oversaw the CIA’s counterterrorism operations in South Asia until 2018, recalled…

Government & PoliticsAfghanistan, India, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

An Interim Government Could Cause Chaos in Afghanistan

Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi

Speculation over the formation of an interim administration with a new political roadmap for Afghanistan is nothing new. It has been the talk of the town ever since the Trump…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, ISIS, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

With the U.S.-Taliban Deal in place, IS-K seeks to build a reign of terror in Afghanistan

Ahmad Shah Katawazai

Last Sunday evening, a large prison in eastern Afghanistan was stormed by IS-K militants resulting in dozens of casualties and hundreds of prisoners escaping. The sophisticated attack continued for almost…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, NATO, Taliban, United States

Does the U.S.-Taliban Deal Devalue American Sacrifices and Betray the Afghan People?

Iqbal Dawari

Long-deferred political efforts to put an end to the protracted war in Afghanistan gained new life in 2018. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban, and NATO forces observed mutual…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyAfghanistan, India, Pakistan, Taliban

Is India’s Influence in Afghanistan Declining?

Pranay Kumar Shome

Following the conclusion of the eighth round of peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, a pressing question has emerged: what is India’s role in the…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, India, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

Frenemies: Prospects and Challenges for the Military Integration of the Taliban into the Afghan Security Forces

Tamim Asey

With a potential peace settlement on the horizon, much will depend on the prospects and challenges for the integration of Taliban battlefield commanders and fighters into the ranks of the…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

The Taliban Peace Calculus

Tamim Asey

For the Taliban, the ongoing peace talks are a quest for political legitimacy and a political tactic—not a strategy—to end the war in Afghanistan. The Taliban consider direct negotiations with…

DevelopmentAfghanistan, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

The Price of Inequality: The Dangerous Rural-Urban Divide in Afghanistan

Tamim Asey

In Afghanistan, coups and regime changes are often initiated from the mountainous countryside by heavily-indoctrinated and disgruntled young men. These young men, who live in severe poverty and are without…