In the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US and the subsequent war on terror, the Afghanistan–Pakistan … by the Pakistan army and its Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate (ISI). Despite international pressure, the … infrastructure of terrorism directed against India from Pakistan-controlled territory remains intact due to inaction of the Pakistan …

Pakistan is one of the most complex multi-ethnic societies in the developing Islamic world. Each of the ethnic groups … that now comprise Pakistan has very distinctive identity, folklore, history and political interests. However, Pakistanâ …-led authoritarian system suppressed legitimate regional and ethnic aspirations, relying too heavily on Islam and Pakistan ideology (two …

Overt acquisition of nuclear weapons capacity by India and Pakistan in May 1998 signalled a tectonic shift in the … weakened due to Pakistan’s attainment of strategic parity vis-à-vis India. In the wake of overt nuclearisation, the logic of …

Pakistan, in particular, and the broader sub-regional dimensions are critical for a comprehensive analysis of Afghanistanâ …

Afghanistan would be unstable and the whole region especially Pakistan will face the consequences of this failure. A stable and …; third, Pakistan supported the Taliban government in Kabul due to its geostrategic and security concerns; fourth, there can …

the repeated behaviour of Pakistan towards India, and the nature of their major national and sub-national conflicts, which … irregular troops followed by the use of conventional troops—an approach employed by Pakistan in 1947, 1965 and 1999. Pakistanâ …

, this article attempts a comparative study of the phenomenon in Pakistan and Bangladesh, two leading Muslim states of South … Bangladesh is containable, accomplishing it in Pakistan will be difficult because of the state appropriation of Islam in …

The November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai are analysed through six changing equations in India–Pakistan relations … critical interest in a strong and stable Pakistan. Pakistan’s deniability has been based on separation between the government … will to destroy the human and material infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan. Finally, the rewards for Pakistanâ …