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Pakistan’s role and strategic priorities in Afghanistan since 1980: Safdar Sial 11 June 2013
Pakistan’s Afghan policy in 1980s and 1990s largely remained focused on seeking strategic depth in Afghanistan and countering the traditional Afghanistan-India allianc... more
Pakistan’s 2013 elections: what implications for exclusion and fragility?: Clare Castillejo 7 June 2013
Pakistan’s election result was a vote for the status quo and has clearly maintained power in the hands of the country’s political elite. However, analysis of the elect... more
The evolving role of women in Pakistani politics: Huma Yusuf 8 May 2013
In Pakistan’s upcoming general elections on March 11th 2013 only 36 women are contesting general National Assembly seats on political party tickets, up from 34 in the... more
Will Pakistan’s historic elections be free and fair?: Huma Yusuf 7 May 2013
Pakistan’s upcoming elections, scheduled for May 11th 2013, are an historic milestone marking the first time that a popularly elected civilian government will transfer... more
Power and politics in Pakistan: Seth Kaplan 8 April 2013
Governance deficiencies have long vexed Pakistan, yet momentum for reform has not materialised, because elites maintain stability by limiting access to and control of... more
Tahirul Qadri’s rise and its potential impact on Pakistan’s stability: Huma Yusuf 21 February 2013
Cleric Tahirul Qadri’s January 2013 protest march and call for electoral reforms were spurred by institutional infighting among Pakistan’s government, army and judicia... more
Urbanisation in Pakistan: causes and consequences: Michael Kugelman 24 January 2013
Pakistan’s current population is about one-third urban. However, that figure will rise to nearly 50% by 2025. This brief analyses the drivers of Pakistan’s urbanisatio... more
Poverty and radicalisation into violent extremism: a causal link?: Atle Mesøy 23 January 2013
The consensus in past research into terrorism and radicalisation into violent extremism (RVE) is that generally there is no link between poverty and radicalisation, an... more