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How Iran Found Its Feet in Afghanistan

Despite its deep historical and cultural ties to its eastern neighbor, Iran has struggled for decades to assert its interests in Afghanistan. Its newfound willingness to accommodate the Taliban—an erstwhile foe—suggests that Tehran's decision-makers are finally righting the course.

Mahan Abedin

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Politics & Society Oct 24, 2019 Snapshot

How Iran Found Its Feet in Afghanistan

Despite its deep historical and cultural ties to its eastern neighbor, Iran has struggled for decades to assert its interests in Afghanistan. Its newfound willingness...

Mahan Abedin

Foreign Policy Jul 30, 2019 Snapshot

The United States Can’t Solve the Kashmir Dispute

Over the past six decades, successive U.S. administrations have tried to make headway on the dispute. Those efforts all failed—and Trump’s is unlikely to turn out...

Sumit Ganguly

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, July 2019

India Mar 5, 2019 Snapshot

Why the India-Pakistan Crisis Isn’t Likely to Turn Nuclear

The decision by India and Pakistan to allow their jets to cross the border represents a major break with the past. Yet so far both countries have taken only limited...

Sumit Ganguly

A rally in support of the Pakistan Armed Force, Peshawar, Pakistan, March 2019.

Economic Development Feb 13, 2019 Snapshot

Imran Khan’s Failing Revolution

Beyond an unexpected crackdown on fundamentalists, Khan has yet to deliver on any of his ambitious campaign promises. And his alliance with the military may cause him...

Madiha Afzal

Imran Khan with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 2018.

Terrorism & Counterterrorism November/December 2018 Review Essay

Praying for Pakistan

Madiha Afzal, a young Pakistani economist, details the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan and explains how the state has been both complicit in extremist violence...

Reviewed by Mohammed Hanif

Civil & Military Relations Jul 27, 2018 Snapshot

Pakistan's Sham Election

This election, like virtually every previous election in Pakistan, will have few consequences for Pakistan’s behavior at home or abroad.

C. Christine Fair

Imran Khan at a press conference in Islamabad, July 2018.

Campaigns & Elections Jul 19, 2018 Snapshot

Is Democracy Dying in Pakistan?

Although the upcoming Pakistani elections are being supervised by a neutral interim civilian government, the real power appears to rest with Pakistan’s military and...

Ahmed Rashid

Supporters of the Pakistan Muslim League march towards the airport to welcome ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam, in Lahore, Pakistan, July 2018.

Arms Control & Disarmament Jan 31, 2018 Snapshot

The Long Shadow of A.Q. Khan

The Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan illegally proliferated nuclear weapons technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea over the course of decades. What lessons...

Catherine Collins and Douglas Frantz

Supporters of the Muslim League-N party hold portraits of A.Q. Khan in Islamabad, May 2008.

Terrorism & Counterterrorism Jan 10, 2018 Snapshot

Trump's Flawed Pakistan Policy

New U.S. sanctions are unlikely to influence Pakistani behavior, which is rooted in realities on the ground that the United States has little ability to change

Shuja Nawaz

Jamaat-e-Islami supporters protest Trump's Jerusalem decision in Peshawar, December 2017.

Trump Administration Jan 8, 2018 Snapshot

Pakistan and the Myth of “Too Dangerous to Fail”

The Trump administration is now on the verge of cutting off military aid to Pakistan. Islamabad should be worried.

C. Christine Fair and Sumit Ganguly

Economic Development Oct 24, 2017 Letter From

China’s $62 Billion Bet on Pakistan

Will CPEC help Pakistan to overcome deficits in its electric supply and revive its struggling domestic industries?

Arif Rafiq

Politics & Society Oct 19, 2017 Snapshot

Gandhi's Role in the Partition of India

Gandhi’s alienation of British India's Muslim elite means that he is at least partially responsible for the 1947 partition

Mohammed Ayoob

Mohandas Gandhi and Mohammed Ali Jinnah in Bombay, September 1944.

Civil Society Oct 6, 2017 Snapshot

How War Altered Pakistan's Tribal Areas

Sixteen years of war have torn apart the old social fabric in FATA.

Umar Farooq

From the Archives Sep 18, 2017 Snapshot

When Prosperity Leads to Disaffection

Evidence from Pakistan reveals how citizens can grow dissatisfied with their governments during periods of prosperity and economic growth.

Katrina Kosec, Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, and Andrew Healy

A boy carries his sibling in a slum on the outskirts of Lahore, January 2015.

Democratization Aug 5, 2017 Snapshot

Democracy After Sharif in Pakistan

The 2016 Panama Papers leaks were supposed to be a tool for the forces of democracy. But in Pakistan, the leaks have become a tool of the anti-democratic.

Kiran Nazish

Criminal Law Jul 31, 2017 Snapshot

Pakistan After Sharif

On Friday, Pakistan's top court disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding any public office after finding him guilty in a massive corruption case.

Syed Fazl-e-Haider

An opposition supporter cheers the news of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's conviction for corruption in Islamabad, July 2017.

From the Archives Jul 14, 2017 Snapshot

Calling Pakistan's Bluff

The United States should hunt down insurgent groups across Pakistan and promise to reward the country with more military aid if it agrees to do the same.

Whitney Kassel and Philip Reiner

Pakistani commandos during a military parade in Islamabad, March 2017.

Security Jun 16, 2017 Snapshot

How to Normalize Pakistan's Nuclear Program

The threats of jihadists stealing a Pakistani nuclear weapon and of a high-intensity conventional war between India and Pakistan remain a present and growing danger....

Gaurav Kampani and Bharath Gopalaswamy

A Hatf-VI (Shaheen-II) missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,242 miles) takes off during a test flight from an undisclosed location in Pakistan, April 2008.

Afghanistan Mar 2, 2017 Snapshot

Danger on the Durand Line

Last month, Pakistan suffered its deadliest spasm of terrorist violence since 2014. This killing spree has dangerous implications, not only for Pakistan, which has...

Michael Kugelman

An overview of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Torkham, Pakistan, June 2016.

Gender Oct 30, 2016 Snapshot

Pakistan's Dishonor Killings

Starting earlier this year, the Pakistani parliament, of which I am a member, has worked to block acquittals in crimes of honor.

Nafisa Shah

An internally displaced woman, fleeing a military offensive in the Swat valley region, May 28, 2009.

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Imran Khan’s Failing Revolution

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Is Democracy Dying in Pakistan?

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Trump's Flawed Pakistan Policy

Pakistan and the Myth of “Too Dangerous to Fail”

China’s $62 Billion Bet on Pakistan

Gandhi's Role in the Partition of India

How War Altered Pakistan's Tribal Areas

When Prosperity Leads to Disaffection

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