Can good governance be simplified? For Pakistan?
Introduction and some background history The one fact all political scientists seem agreed upon is that all political systems of governance seek only
Playing the game on their terms and beating them but, on our rules
Terrorism is again back at center stage. It has raised its ugly head in Baluchistan and KP and taken toll. As if that
Urgently required: a national threat assessment
This is an unedited version of an article carried by The Daily Times in May 2019.
“If a Hybrid War has not been preempted and has been initiated by the enemy, it must be stopped by non-military means. If it has neither been preempted nor prevented and force is required, the enemy has already won the first half of the war”
Re-assessing Pakistan’s Options
Why the Urgency While I continue to hold the view that Trump’s current policy towards Pakistan may well be a bluff, if a
Balkanisation of Afghanistan cuts against the grain
The proposal to divide Afghanistan after the US withdrawal flies in the face of history – and the best interests of the Afghan
The report on ISI by the London School of Economics
The report on ISI by the London School of Economics discusses the original report where the ISI connection with the Taliban was first highlighted – the wikiLeaks report was merely a repetition of this.
This is the unedited version of the article published in The National in June 2010. The published article can be found here.
Understanding the insurgency in FATA
Understanding insurgency in FATA was an invited article, published by the Pakistan Institute for Legislative Development and Transparency – PILDAT in December 2007.
It can also be retrieved online from the Open Library.