There is a particular kind of evidence that transcends the back-and-forth of competing diplomatic narratives. It does not require expert analysis, intelligence assessments, or the
There is a particular kind of audacity that comes from men who have failed comprehensively at something and then returned, without apparent embarrassment, to lecture
The details of this story are specific enough to be taken seriously and significant enough to demand careful analysis. A Taliban member wounded during border
There is a particular quality to Donald Trump’s public diplomacy that strips away the careful euphemism that normally characterizes great power discourse and replaces it
There is a tendency in the commentary on diplomatic breakthroughs to conflate the moment of announcement with the substance of achievement, to measure success by
The official visit of UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary Hamish Falconer to Islamabad marks a crucial shift in how the international community addresses the volatile security dynamics
A landmark study by MISHAL Pakistan finds citizens feel free to choose careers and run businesses, but only 11% believe their freedom of speech is protected, and 2.25 million court cases gather dust in a clogged justice system.
The international community has now gotten into a perilous stand-off over Afghanistan. The international community has been working for almost five years under the false
There are moments in political life when a demand presented as democratic reform is, upon careful examination, precisely its opposite. The Joint Awami Action Committee’s
For most of this spring, the Strait of Hormuz was less a shipping lane than a held breath. Tankers idled off Bandar Abbas, insurers quietly