Foreign Policy Essay
Trump’s Three Missteps on Pakistan
Daniel Markey Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 10:00 AM
In is meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan, Trump heaped praise on Pakistan when he should have been raising the pressure.
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India/Pakistan
India’s February 2019 Strike in Pakistani Territory: A Jus ad Bellum Analysis
Laya Maheshwari Fri, Apr 5, 2019, 9:12 AM
India’s statement raises questions of whether a state has a right to self-defense against a nonstate actor when the latter’s conduct has not been attributed to another state, what qualifies as an “imminent” armed attack, and whether India is endorsing the unable-or-unwilling test.
Foreign Policy Essay
Pakistan’s Proxies: The Kashmir Attack and U.S. Policy Response
Jason M. Blazakis Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 10:00 AM
A U.S. diplomatic intervention could ease tensions between India and Pakistan.
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Prosecuting Pakistan’s New Extremists
Michael Kugelman, Adam Weinstein Wed, Dec 19, 2018, 9:04 AM
Pakistan confronts a new type of extremist threat: one that challenges state institutions without rejecting the state itself.
Book Reviews
The Fabric of Life in Contemporary Kashmir
George Perkovich Wed, Sep 6, 2017, 2:00 PM
A review of Arundhati Roy's novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Alfred A. Knopf, 2017).
Afghanistan/Pakistan
The Law Under Attack in Pakistan
Rishabh Bhandari, Cody M. Poplin Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 12:11 PM
Earlier this week, a suicide bomber outside a crowded hospital in Quetta, Pakistan killed at least 74 people and wounded dozens more. But Monday’s victims were not a random assortment of civilians waiting for medical care. Instead, the attack was designed to hit at the heart of Pakistan’s civil society—its legal community—and is likely to further undermine the tools necessary for governance in an increasingly chaotic country.