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Muhammad Amir RanaDawn |
President Trump is shaping a global order based on the principle of ‘might is right’.
There is a lack of international or broader regional support for resolving terrorism-related issues.
Public support for the state is critical for a successful counterinsurgency strategy.
LIKE other data sciences, assessing and analysing security trends is a rigorous process, requiring specialised skills and methodologies to derive...
IT is hard to imagine how someone changes the course of their life — more so when that person is a top jihadist leader on the world’s most-wanted...
THE triumph of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-led resistance in Syria has further disturbed the geopolitical equilibrium in the Middle East and...
NO one knows the exact number of madressahs in Pakistan — not the government, not the madressah leadership, and not independent agencies. Each...
THERE is an immediate need for Pakistan to overhaul its Afghanistan policy, since the present one has failed to yield positive results. The Taliban...
POLITICAL parties in Pakistan generally do not have a plan to engage the youth in constructive activities to capitalise on their potential. The...
PAKISTAN’S bond with South Asian nations is weakening despite shared cultural heritage and historical ties. The enduring India-Pakistan rivalry has...
IT is often believed that engineering political stability is the solution to a nation’s economic and security challenges. The idea of this...
THE dynamics of terrorism threats in Pakistan have shifted significantly since the Taliban took control in Afghanistan, challenging security...
WITH their unwavering courage, Pakistani women have been challenging the odds and reshaping the country’s social and political landscape. Their...
THE Baloch insurgency has undergone a drastic shift, with the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) playing a key role in reshaping the movement....
FOR long, religiously motivated bigotry has assumed a dangerous form in Pakistan, and countering it has never been a genuine priority for the state...
ON Sept 26, 1960, Fidel Castro delivered a historic and defiant speech at the UN General Assembly, but it was not his words that caused the stir....
THE PML-N-led coalition wants to introduce a judicial reform package through a constitutional amendment in order to extend by three years the...
IT is no longer surprising that parliament does not engage in meaningful debates on critical national challenges. It has become a platform for...
AN unprecedented wave of province-wide violence in Balochistan, launched by the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), has raised significant...
ON Independence Day this year, the custodians of power issued formal statements. As expected, the leaders praised the nation’s resilience in the...
THE madressah controversy, a long-standing issue in the country, is a reflection of the historical tension between state institutions and the...
THE state has initiated another crackdown against the leadership of the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) after the group incited violence against...
PAKISTAN’S power elites are grappling with a ‘Jekyll and Hyde syndrome’, showcasing starkly different behaviour in their attention and actions....
PAKISTAN must devise a new counterterrorism paradigm of pursuit, response, dialogue, and community engagement. A clear threat perception is the...