| Opinion-Editorials/Commentary
PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN Pakistan
Afghanistan
 Jan 5, 2010
Beefing Up COIN-lite in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Dec 11, 2009
Winning the War of Perceptions Marketing the U.S. in Pakistan
Dec 7, 2009 Obama's AF-PAK Problem
(The Times of India, April 21, 2009)A New Dawn in Pakistan(The Washington Post, PostGlobal, March 18, 2009)If Musharraf Steps Down, Will Pakistan Step Up?
(The Washington Post, PostGlobal August 15, 2008)
A Tribute to my Father, Prof. Dr. M. A. Hussein Mullick(The News, August 12, 2008)
Kabul is Not Far from Pakistan
(The Gulf News, July 14, 2008)
A Q Khan and Democracy
(The News, April 18, 2008)
How Pakistan Can Rein In The Taliban
(The Gulf News, April 7, 2008)
Pakistan: From Counter-Terrorism to Counterinsurgency
(The Washington Post - PostGlobal, April 1, 2008)
United Pakistan (May) Stand
(The Washington Post - PostGlobal, February 15, 2008)
Pakistan's Paradoxes
(The Washington Post - PostGlobal, January 15, 2008)
Who Will Miss Benazir Bhutto?
(The Daily Times, January 4, 2008)
Pakistan Must Mind Its Periphery(The Indian Express, November 19, 2007)
Clear and Present Danger
(The Daily Times, Novermber 13, 2007)
En Route or Not?
(The Daily Times, October 29, 2007)
United States and Pakistan: Democracy vs. Stability
(The Nation, September 11, 2007)
Obama and Pakistan: Let's Hope for the Best (The Nation, August 23, 2007)
(The Nation, August 6, 2007) IRAN
| | Reports, Papers & Briefs
PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN  Al Qaeda and Pakistan: Current Role and Future Considerations
This ISPU Special Report (October 2010) examines Al Qaeda's emerging strategy in Pakistan, its regional and global impact, and lays out policy guidelines for the United States and international partners. The author conducted extensive field research in Pakistan, where he engaged with numerous U.S. and Pakistani military, intelligence and civilian analysts and practitioners.
 The Pakistani Surge The Way Forward for Counterinsurgency in Pakistan Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Special Report June 2010
This paper examines the recent progress in, and challenges to, Pakistan’s counter-insurgency strategy and advances four main recommendations on how to make international support to Pakistan effective and worthwhile.
 This report outlines the nature of security challenges and opportunities in nuclear-armed Pakistan, presents strategies for addressing those challenges and opportunities, and converts the strategies into pragmatic policy guidelines worthy for consideration by the current American and Pakistani administrations.
 Pakistan is in the midst of rapid political shifts that are challenging the leadership’s ability to maintain cohesion within the country and even raising questions about Pakistan’s ability to survive as a viable nation-state over the next few years...
 Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan Quandary
(YaleGlobal, April 15, 2009)
President Obama faces two equally unpleasant alternatives if he wants to defeat Al Qaeda, according to Haider Mullick, Senior Fellow at the US Joint Special Operations University. These alternatives are: help bolster Pakistan’s security interests in Afghanistan by reducing India’s role there, or be sucked deeper and deeper into Pakistan in a bid to defeat Al Qaeda...
US/South Asia: Regional Security Strategy May Falter
(Oxford Analytica - Global Strategic Analysis, January 13, 2009)
Towards a Civic Culture: Student Activism and Political Dissent in Pakistan
(Georgetown Journal of International Affairs,
Summer/Fall 2008)
From the struggle for independence in the 1940s to the subsequent strives for democracy against dictatorships, young Pakistanis have shaped political dissent through student acitivism. Student unions fed student activism with eager recruits from all major public and private universities and post-highschool Islamic seminaries, or madrassas...
US-Pakistan Relations: A New Approach to Old Challenges & Opportunities
(Smith Richardson Foundation's Special Report on Pakistan, November 2008)
US/Pakistan: ISI Reform is Urgent but Faces Hurdles
(Oxford Analytica - Global Strategic Analysis, August 28, 2008)
US/Pakistan: Strained ties Urgent Need of Repair
(Oxford Analytica - Global Strategic Analysis, August 15, 2008) Political Economy of North West Frontier Province & Pakistan's Rising Securitiy Crisis (JANE's Information Group, Security Report on Pakistan, June 2008)
The Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline: Economics, Geopolitics and Security
(Pakistan Security Research Unit, University of Bradford, June 11, 2008)
This briefing looks at the economics, geopolitics and security of the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. Despite significant obstacles and the prospect that negotiations may be derailed by unexpected events (such as a US assault on Iran) the pipeline planning is advancing. This paper shows how each of the three players stands to benefit... US Foreign Aid and Economic Growth: A Post 9/11 Case Study of Pakistan
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