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"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
In The News, 28 August 2017 Tags: Pakistan
""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
In The News, 25 August 2017 Tags: Pakistan, United States, Afghanistan
President Trump's New Strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia
Multimedia, 22 August 2017
RUSI Senior Research Fellow Emily Winterbotham examines the new US strategy in Afghanistan and South Asia announced by President Trump on 21 August 2017.
Tags: International Security Studies, Land Operations, Pakistan, Terrorism, US Defence Policy, Afghanistan, Global Security Issues, Central and South Asia
Pakistan’s Game of Thrones: Does Sharif’s Removal Signal the End of Dynastic Politics?
Commentary, 8 August 2017
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.
Tags: Pakistan, Central and South Asia
"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
In The News, 7 August 2017 Tags: Pakistan, Global Security Issues, Terrorism
"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.
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Kamal Alam: ‘Pakistani political system one of most corrupt in world’
In The News, 28 July 2017 Tags: International Security Studies, Pakistan, Global Security Issues, Law and Ethics, Central and South Asia
The Budding Alliance Between Lockdown Critics and the Far-Right in Germany
Getting the Partnership Right
FCAS: Is the Franco-German-Spanish Combat Air Programme Really in Trouble?