Defense & Security With the U.S.-Taliban Deal in place, IS-K seeks to build… Ahmad Shah Katawazai Aug 7, 2020 Last Sunday evening, a large prison in eastern Afghanistan was stormed by IS-K militants resulting in dozens of…
Foreign Policy Does the U.S.-Taliban Deal Devalue American Sacrifices… Iqbal Dawari Apr 21, 2020 Long-deferred political efforts to put an end to the protracted war in Afghanistan gained new life in 2018. The…
Foreign Policy Is India’s Influence in Afghanistan Declining? Pranay Kumar Shome Aug 8, 2019 Following the conclusion of the eighth round of peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, a…
Defense & Security Frenemies: Prospects and Challenges for the Military… Tamim Asey Jul 2, 2019 With a potential peace settlement on the horizon, much will depend on the prospects and challenges for the…
Defense & Security The Taliban Peace Calculus Tamim Asey Jun 5, 2019 For the Taliban, the ongoing peace talks are a quest for political legitimacy and a political tactic—not a…
Development The Price of Inequality: The Dangerous Rural-Urban… Tamim Asey Mar 5, 2019 In Afghanistan, coups and regime changes are often initiated from the mountainous countryside by…
Defense & Security Give Ordinary Afghans a Voice in Any Peace Deal With the… Kambaiz Rafi Feb 27, 2019 Recent negotiations between the U.S. peace envoy Zalmai Khalilzad and the Taliban’s newly appointed political chief…
Defense & Security Negotiating With Extremists Threatens Pakistan’s… Mikail Shaikh Feb 26, 2019 Negotiating with extremist groups—militant or otherwise—undermines the state's sovereignty and security. In…
Government & Politics The Twin Goals of Peace and Elections in Afghanistan Qaseem Ludin Feb 19, 2019 What will it take to reach a peace settlement? More than anything, Afghanistan needs national leadership. The…
Defense & Security The Peace Process in Afghanistan is a Failure Omar Sadr Dec 21, 2018 Editor's note: this assessment is based on a study conducted by the author for the Afghan Institute of Strategic…
Defense & Security The Political Ramifications of Trump’s Haste to Make… Kambaiz Rafi Dec 11, 2018 The same week NASA announced the successful landing of its probe InSight on Mars, violence erupted in Kabul,…
Foreign Policy Russia Returns to Afghanistan Robert Clark Nov 12, 2018 On November 9, the Kremlin hosted representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban in Moscow. Afghanistan…