Pakistan

"In February 1984, the deputy head of the Indian Consulate in Birmingham was grabbed as he got off the bus heading home with a cake for his daughter’s birthday. The next day, Kashmiri nationalists announced that they had kidnapped him and were demanding a ransom and the release of a Kashmiri leader in Indian custody. The Indian government refused and Mhatre was brutally murdered. Three decades later in 2005, the Kashmiri connection came to life once again when a group of British born young men blew themselves up on the London public transport system murdering 52 innocent commuters. Their journey to Al Qaeda training camps had started through Kashmiri oriented ones. "

India's actions in Kashmir could have bloody consequences in the UK

In The News, 5 August 2019

Tags: Pakistan, International Security Studies, Pacific

"“For now, I think the Pakistani side would be happy with what they got,” said Umer Karim, a visiting fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "

Pakistan PM Khan returns home exulting after Washington visit

In The News, 25 July 2019

Tags: Pakistan, Central and South Asia

Courtesy of Asim Iftikhar Nagi/Wikimedia

Security Through Financial Integrity: Mending Pakistan’s Leaky Sieve

Occasional Papers, 23 May 2019

Tom Keatinge and Anton Moiseienko

This Occasional Paper focuses on the role of Pakistan’s financial institutions in detecting and preventing the transfer of corruption proceeds.

Tags: Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Pakistan, AML/CTF

BANNER IMAGE: Qamar Javed Bajwa at the Munich Security Conference, 2018. Courtesy of Barth/MSC/Wikimedia Commons

A Confident Pakistan Army Recalibrates the Country’s Regional Policies

Commentary, 18 March 2019

Kamal Alam

Pakistan’s military is playing a significant role in assisting the country’s prime minister in the conduct of foreign and security policies, and usually with the objective of scaling down confrontations.

Tags: Pakistan, International Security Studies, Defence Management, Indo-Pakistan Conflict, Global Security Issues, Land Forces, Military Personnel, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience

The Bajwa Fence: The Pakistani Military Seals the Afghan Border

RUSI Newsbrief, 8 March 2019

Kamal Alam

Will the construction of a 1200km fence along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border spark new confidence in Pakistan’s commitment to combatting cross-border terrorism?

Tags: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, Global Security Issues

Why the UK Should Work to Prevent Nuclear Conflict Between India and Pakistan

RUSI Newsbrief, 21 February 2019

Tim Willasey-Wilsey

The risk of nuclear war between India and Pakistan presents dangerous global implications and should be considered as a serious threat, particularly since Pakistan’s acquisition of the short-range Nasr missile. Quite apart from the enormous human cost, there would also be significant environmental and migratory consequences.

Tags: Pakistan, India, International Security Studies, UK, Indo-Pakistan Conflict, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Terrorism

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A Confident Pakistan Army Recalibrates the Country’s Regional Policies

Commentary, 18 March 2019

Kamal Alam

Pakistan’s military is playing a significant role in assisting the country’s prime minister in the conduct of foreign and security policies, and usually with the objective of scaling down confrontations.

Pakistan, International Security Studies, Defence Management, Indo-Pakistan Conflict, Global Security Issues, Land Forces, Military Personnel, Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Resilience

Pakistan’s recently elected Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the conference ‘Rule of Law: The Case of Pakistan’ in Berlin, 26 November 2009. Courtesy of Stephan Röhl / Wikimedia Commons.

High Expectations: The UK’s Role in Pakistan’s Fight Against Corruption

Commentary, 26 November 2018

Tom Keatinge and Anton Moiseienko

Pakistan’s new government came to power 100 days ago vowing to fight corruption and recover looted national wealth. But the UK is integral to Pakistan’s anti-corruption effort, and London would be well-advised to help Pakistan achieve its objectives.

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Pakistan, AML/CTF, UK, Organised Crime

Stabilising Pakistan’s Relations with the Gulf

Commentary, 19 September 2018

Arhama Siddiqa

A new Pakistani government has a good opportunity to reform the country’s relationship with the Gulf states, and put them on a more sustained footing.

Pakistan, The Gulf Region, International Security Studies, Global Security Issues

Imran Khan at a conference on the rule of law in Berlin, 2009. Courtesy of Heinrich Böll Stiftung/Wikimedia

Imran Khan: The Captain Begins His Greatest Test Match

Commentary, 13 August 2018

Kamal Alam

Pakistan’s newly elected Parliament sits today for the first time. The country’s incoming prime minister has the potential to remould domestic politics but this will be an uphill struggle.

Civil–Military Relations, Pakistan, Central and South Asia

For Sustainable Peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan, We Need at Least a Modest Bargain with India

Commentary, 23 July 2018

Whit Mason

A ‘grand bargain’, first proposed by the American diplomat Richard Holbrooke, is needed now more than ever to allay Islamabad’s concerns with India’s presence in Afghanistan, although garnering the necessary public support for peace will be no simple task.

Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tackling Extremism, India, International Security Studies, The Pakistan Nexus, The War on Terror, Indo-Pakistan Conflict, Global Security Issues

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Security Through Financial Integrity: Mending Pakistan’s Leaky Sieve

Occasional Papers, 23 May 2019

Tom Keatinge and Anton Moiseienko

This Occasional Paper focuses on the role of Pakistan’s financial institutions in detecting and preventing the transfer of corruption proceeds.

Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, Pakistan, AML/CTF, Occasional Papers

The Bajwa Fence: The Pakistani Military Seals the Afghan Border

RUSI Newsbrief, 8 March 2019

Kamal Alam

Will the construction of a 1200km fence along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border spark new confidence in Pakistan’s commitment to combatting cross-border terrorism?

Pakistan, Afghanistan, RUSI Newsbrief, Counterinsurgency, Global Security Issues

Why the UK Should Work to Prevent Nuclear Conflict Between India and Pakistan

RUSI Newsbrief, 21 February 2019

Tim Willasey-Wilsey

The risk of nuclear war between India and Pakistan presents dangerous global implications and should be considered as a serious threat, particularly since Pakistan’s acquisition of the short-range...

Pakistan, RUSI Newsbrief, India, International Security Studies, UK, Indo-Pakistan Conflict, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Terrorism

Servicemen of the Pakistan Armed Forces take part in anti-terrorist training as part of the Druzhba-2017 [Friendship] Russian-Pakistani joint military drills in the village of Nizhny Arkhyz. Courtesy of Denis Abramov/PA Images

Pakistan’s Army Reverses the Great Game: The Oxus Meets the Indus

RUSI Newsbrief, 7 September 2018

Kamal Alam

In 1947, Pakistan’s army inherited the default position and strategy of British India in opposing Russian influence and inroads into Afghanistan and Central Asia. Now, for the first time in 200 years...

Armed Forces, Pakistan, RUSI Newsbrief, Global Strategy and Commitments, Russia, Military Sciences, International Responses, Military Personnel

The Bajwa Doctrine: The Pakistani Military Has Done More than Enough

RUSI Newsbrief, 16 February 2018

Kamal Alam

In their own words, Pakistan’s generals lay-out the ‘Bajwa Doctrine’ – their vision for the future of US–Pakistani military cooperation in the age of President Trump. From their perspecitve, Pakistan...

Pakistan, United States, Afghanistan, RUSI Newsbrief, The Pakistan Nexus, The War on Terror, Defence Management, Global Security Issues