India’s Failed Strategy in Kashmir: CSS Pakistan Affairs Guns have slipped back into holsters and diplomats behind their desks; the Samjhauta or “Concord” Express has resumed its reassuring bi-weekly chug connecting Lahore Junction and Old Delhi Station. Relations between India and …
Why Talking to the Taliban Is the Right Move CSS Current Affairs In 2012, while I was serving as senior adviser to the State Department special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, I met in Istanbul with a group of Iranian …
The Future of Democracy in South Asia Why Citizens Must Stay Vigilant (CSS Pakistan Affairs) On November 14, a fight broke out in the Sri Lankan Parliament. When the Speaker tried to call a vote, a group of MPs heckled him and rushed the …
Why the India-Pakistan Crisis Isn’t Likely to Turn Nuclear (CSS Pakistan Affairs) In May 1999, an Indian military patrol stumbled on several groups of Pakistani soldiers who had set up posts in Kargil, in the Indian-controlled section of the disputed …
A comprehensive analysis on War in Afghanistan- CSS Current Affairs Afghanistan has stayed less a homogenous state and more a montage of feuding ethnicities and warring tribes bound by strings of self-interest and foreign subservience. (CSS Current Affairs) Having written …
Will Sino-US Relations Drive Pak-US Relations? CSS International Relations A Brief History Since Pakistan’s independence in 1947, it has had a mixed relationship with the United States, encompassing several ups and downs over the decades. Pakistan came into being as …
Addition of Security Component to BRI – CSS Current Affairs China appears to be shifting gears in its multi-billion dollar Belt and Road initiative (BRI). Long projected as driven by economics and the benefit of infrastructure linkages, China appears to …
Partition of India: Gandhi’s Role – CSS Pakistan Affairs When the All-India Muslim League was established in Dhaka in 1906 by leading Muslim figures from around the country, India had just begun to slowly transition to self-rule from the British Raj. From …
Pakistan’s Dual Threat: CSS Pakistan Affairs Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has insinuated that the Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify him is a consequence of challenging the military on cross-border terrorism. Nawaz Sharif’s politics are cynical, but does he …
People who shaped Islamic Civilization- CSS Islamic Studies Coverage of violence and Islam often go hand in hand. So it comes as a relief to be reminded that historically, culturally and intellectually, Islam is less a nihilistic creed than a …