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  • The FATF ‘Grey List’ and Pakistan’s Prospects
    Katyayinee Richhariya.    ·   29 Jan, 2021    ·    #5753    ·    Commentary    
    On 8 January 2021, a Pakistani court sentenced senior Lashkar-e-Taiba leader, Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, to a five-year imprisonment on terror financing charges. This came weeks ahead of the February 20 ...
  • IPCS Book Discussion
    In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
    Discussion Report.    ·   31 Mar, 2019    ·    #5575    ·    Commentary    
    On 13 February 2019, IPCS hosted Dr C Christine Fair, Associate Professor with Security Studies Programme at Georgetown's University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, for a discussion on her book, In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashk ...
  • Book Review
    Pakistan and its Army of the Pure
    Rana Banerji.    ·   21 Mar, 2019    ·    #5568    ·    Commentary    
    In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba C. Christine Fair C. Hurst & Co. London, 2018 This book on the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) is the culmination of years of painstaking research by renowned Georgetown University academic, ...
  • J&K Focus
    J&K: Operation 'All Out' and Prospects for Winter
    Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain.    ·   26 Oct, 2017    ·    #5384    ·    Commentary    
    The third quarter of 2017 in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has been characterised by the marked success of Operation All Out; a reduction in the quantum of violent incidents; and an overall stabilisation of the situation, which has permitted the gove ...
  • Evolving Situation in J&K: Summer 2017 (Part II)
    Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain.    ·   16 Jun, 2017    ·    #5299    ·    Commentary    
    Amarnath Yatra is a worrisome event from a security point of view because the mileage gained by terrorists and its implications can both be immense. Hence the need to over insure that both routes, the Pahalgam and Baltal ones, be secured each by su ...
  • J&K Focus
    Evolving Situation in J&K: Summer 2017 (Part I)
    Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain.    ·   07 Jun, 2017    ·    #5292    ·    Commentary    
    Since the turn of the millennium, most military experts have advised the Indian government and the Indian Army to view J&K related issues with a longer and wider perspective. The longer perspective is needed because the year-on-year review ...
  • J&K Focus
    J&K: A Strategy is What May Still Be Elusive
    Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain.    ·   06 Mar, 2017    ·    #5241    ·    Commentary    
    It has been almost 27 years since the externally sponsored conflict commenced in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Throughout this period, each year came and went with some reviews and a few lessons learnt. However, without fail, a strange phenomenon oc ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    'Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of Pakistan'
    Report.    ·   29 Jan, 2017    ·    #5226    ·    Commentary    
    On 18 January 2017, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted an interaction with historian and political scientist Dr Hein Kiessling, who spoke on the issues covered in his latest book, titled 'Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Int ...
  • India, Afghanistan and the Heart of Asia: Reading Between the Lines
    Sarral Sharma.    ·   03 Jan, 2017    ·    #5217    ·    Commentary    
    On 4 December 2016, the sixth ministerial conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on Afghanistan concluded in Amritsar, India. The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced their concern over c ...
  • J&K Focus
    The Ominous Calm is both Good and Bad for J&K
    Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain.    ·   31 Dec, 2016    ·    #5213    ·    Commentary    
    After the 2013 hanging of Afzal Guru, many had expected that the Valley would boil. Nothing much happened, leading people to inquire from Kashmiris as to why this was so. Friends from Kashmir often say that people from the Valley do not respond to ...
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