Pakistan

"In the Middle East, the Pakistan Army is no longer taking sides with any one country and instead providing balance to tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran "

Pakistan’s Role in Western and Middle East Security

""The Trump administration has threatened a range of punishments, including sanctions on Pakistani officials. But will they follow through? This is what Pakistani officials will hope to establish in the coming weeks." "

Why Trump's threats to Pakistan raise serious questions

President Trump's New Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia

RUSI Senior Research Fellow Emily Winterbotham examines the new US strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia announced by President Trump on 21 August 2017.

Pakistan’s Game of Thrones: Does Sharif’s Removal Signal the End of Dynastic Politics?

Kamal Alam

As the dust settles on the forced resignation of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a debate continues to rage over the nature of judicial oversight over a political system often dogged by corruption.

"Although Jamaat ud Dawa's charitable work has made it popular in Pakistan, "out-and-out jihadist parties have never performed well in Pakistani elections," said Shashank Joshi of the Royal United Services Institute. "This is more about giving legitimacy to a violent organisation than taking power through the ballot box." "

Pakistani militant alleged to be mastermind of Mumbai attacks launches new political party

"WATCH: Juliette Garside, from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, who led the Guardian’s award-winning Panama Papers investigation, and Kamal Alam, a Pakistan expert from the Royal United Services Institute, discuss Nawaz Sharif’s resignation. "

Kamal Alam: ‘Pakistani political system one of most corrupt in world’