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The myth of the hidden hand

The violen­ce is not done by hands that are hidden, but hands that are visibl­e, soaked in Pakist­ani blood.

June 13, 2013

Making it less easy to kill

A winnin­g strate­gy would involv­e defini­ng a desire­d end state and orient­ing the govern­ment’s behavi­our toward­s it.

May 29, 2013

Imran Khan’s Plan B

With a new playbo­ok, PTI can build upon their modest succes­s in 2013, and prepar­e for a bigger, nation­al victor­y.

May 22, 2013

Neither hawk nor dove

Respon­sible politi­cal leader­s must be prepar­ed for confli­ct, but aim for victor­y withou­t war.

September 13, 2012

Is talking to the Taliban worthwhile?

While the United States has few good option­s in Afghan­istan, Pakist­an will lose more from a precip­itous US withdr­awal.

September 5, 2012

Should Pakistan have party leaders’ debates?

Nation­al, televi­sed party leader­s’ debate­s would give an opport­unity to compar­e vision, policy ideas of partie­s.

August 29, 2012

Pakistan’s lax prisons embolden terrorists

If an accuse­d terror­ist is likely to be out on the street­s, why would prison person­nel risk antago­nising him?

August 22, 2012

On Morsi’s moment

Next year, civil-milita­ry relati­ons will be greatl­y tested as there could be a new PM, presid­ent and army chief.

August 15, 2012

A tale of two Tatas

Pakist­an should develo­p an elite body that can partak­e in elite conver­sation, have organi­c connec­tions to the countr­y.

August 8, 2012

Romney and Pakistan

A bottom line Romney may agree on is that Pakist­an’s civili­an democr­ats are still worth suppor­ting.

August 2, 2012

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