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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
 
PAKISTAN'S NEW TALIBAN: Managing Another Threat to Stability

September 19, 2009 U.S. Edition


LIONS & JACKALS:
Pakistan's Emerging
Counterinsurgency Strategy


July 15, 2009

Third Time's Not the Charm

Is Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's once and likely future leader, really a born-again liberal?
May 6, 2009


Where Pakistan is Winning

May 2, 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)

There are Two Pakistans
(The Washington Post - PostGlobal, June 25, 2008)


Al Qaeda's Strategic Chaos
(The News, June 4, 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) 

Are Madrassas Producing Pakistanis?
co-authored with
Jonathan Ruhe, The Hudson Institute
(The Daily Times, October 2, 2007)
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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)
 
The Mob and The Pakistani Embassy
(Pakistan Link, March 9, 2007)


IRAN                                                    
Iran and Pakistan Can Be Friends
co-authored with Reza H. Akbari
(The Gulf News, November 9, 2007)

Capturing Esfandiari But Losing Support: Iran's New Burden
(Pakistan Link, June 29, 2007)
 
MIDDLE EAST                                      

Muslim World Needs "Vociferous Moderates"
(Pakistan Link, August 23, 2007)
 
Pakistan and the Middle East Peace Process
(The Nation, July 18, 2007)
 
What can Pakistan do to stop Israel and Hezbollah?
(New America Media, July 31, 2006)


 

Research Reports, Papers & Briefs                       



PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN                                       


New Helping Pakistan Defeat the Taliban: A Joint Action Agenda for the United States & Pakistan
(Institute for Social Policy & Understanding, ISPU, August 2009)

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.


 


Reviving Pakistan's Pluralist Traditions to Fight Extremism (The Heritage Foundation, May 4, 2009
co-authored with Lisa Curtis)

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/Pakistan: Policy Reforms Seek to Stem Terrorism
(Oxford Analytica - Global Strategic Analysis, May 1, 2008)
 
US/Pakistan: New Counter-terror Strategy is Emerging
(Oxford Analytica - Global Strategic Analysis, March 26, 2008)

What Really Works in Preventing & Rebuilding Failed States?
Linking Security and Development in State Building: Recent Lessons from Afghanistan, Editor
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
(September 2007)
In recent times, and since the potential security threat posed by failed states became more apparent...