Pakistan

US Strategic Intelligence Strategy for Pakistan: Counterinsurgency, Diplomacy, and the Future

SWJED — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 08:55:51 +0000

US Strategic Intelligence Strategy for Pakistan: Counterinsurgency, Diplomacy, and the Future SWJED Wed, 12/18/2019 - 3:55am

Many locations where our military branches and intelligence agencies currently operate are nations are as complex and hostile as the terrorist organizations themselves. Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, and Libya are just a few that are infested with well-armed, well paid, and highly motivated terrorist groups. For all the threats and challenges that face Americas defense planners one of the greatest hurdles that must be overcome resides in Pakistan.

As Kashmir Festers, India-China Ties Wobble

SWJED — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 13:31:39 +0000

As Kashmir Festers, India-China Ties Wobble SWJED Sun, 09/29/2019 - 9:31am

Having angered China by stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its statehood and calling to question its claims on Ladakh, India may attempt to placate its powerful northern neighbour and adversary at an informal Narendra Modi-Xi Jinping summit slated for next month.

India Enters Turbulent Waters After Kashmir Action

SWJED — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:28:41 +0000

India Enters Turbulent Waters After Kashmir Action

Having failed in the gamble of speedily containing the fallouts of stripping Muslim-majority Kashmir of its autonomy and statehood, the religious right government of Narendra Modi has taken the country to the brink almost reminiscent of India’s vulnerabilities at the end of the Cold War.

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South Asia: Unrestricted Conventional Warfare

SWJED — Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:59:54 +0000

South Asia: Unrestricted Conventional Warfare SWJED Sun, 08/25/2019 - 2:59pm

The February Indian air strikes in Pakistan has completely changed the dynamics of Pakistan’s strategy of supporting and sponsoring terrorism against India as unconventional warfare and being protected by the threat of first use nuclear attack doctrine. It has also transformed India’s defensive and cautious strategy of strategic restraint. Nuclear deterrence is no longer an impediment in South Asia.

The Need for Détente: Cyberwarfare in India/Pakistan Conflict

SWJED — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:25:12 +0000

The Need for Détente: Cyberwarfare in India/Pakistan Conflict

Sometimes brutal honesty is the best form of diplomacy, and if there is a conflict that is in immediate need for some kind of resolution, it is the conflict over the region of Kashmir between Pakistan and India.

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Indo-Pacific Terrorism: What to Expect for the Foreseeable Future

SWJED — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 10:25:35 +0000

Indo-Pacific Terrorism: What to Expect for the Foreseeable Future

The past two decades in the Indo-Pacific region have resulted in remarkable change across the terrorist landscape. Attacks and deaths are down, but jihadist ideology and threats persist. The Indo-Pacific states of India, Pakistan, and the Philippines consistently remain among the “Top 10” countries affected by terrorism according to the Global Terrorism Index report. If there was any doubt whether or not 2019 would see a continuation of the deadly trend, this year’s bombing just days before the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite, the Pulwama terrorist attack in India, the breakup of an international terrorist cell in Malaysia, and the New Zealand mosque shootings all serve to remind us that extremism remains at our front door.

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‘Fierce and Warlike’: Could the Baloch Separatist Movement Remain Pakistan’s Longest Insurgency?

SWJED — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 11:13:14 +0000

‘Fierce and Warlike’: Could the Baloch Separatist Movement Remain Pakistan’s Longest Insurgency?

Greater attention has been drawn in recent years to the atrocities committed in Balochistan. The decades-long insurgency has galvanized the nation and cannot be resolved until there is better investment in civil efforts. The Supreme Court and its affiliated judicial bodies must convince the military to respect the law and be an example of human rights. The armed groups in Balochistan have largely defeated themselves through infighting and a fractured leadership system. Pakistan should seize this opportunity to address the core grievances that Balochistan faces.

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Cutting Their Teeth or Tying Their Hands?: Northwest Frontier Tactics and World War, 1897 – 1945

SWJED — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:56:20 +0000

Cutting Their Teeth or Tying Their Hands?: Northwest Frontier Tactics and World War, 1897 – 1945

Perhaps no army in history has ever juggled as wide and challenging an array of campaigns and conditions as the British Army did from 1897 to 1945. Battling enemies from Burma to Belgium, the British Army rapidly transformed itself from a small imperial constabulary to a war-winning conscript mass army, shrank back almost overnight, and then repeated the trick barely twenty years later. Through it all, from the height of empire to the Pyrrhic victory of the Second World War, one of the army’s few constants was ceaseless mountain warfare on the Northwest Frontier of India.

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Pashtun Uprising 3.0

SWJED — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 20:16:18 +0000

Pashtun Uprising 3.0 SWJED Fri, 02/09/2018 - 3:16pm

Voices of resentment and marginalization are loud and clear, the participants seem determined to have their voices heard. Can this protest prove be an eye-opener for the Pakistani elite?

The Haqqani Network: International Friends, Local Enemies

SWJED — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 22:36:58 +0000

The Haqqani Network: International Friends, Local Enemies SWJED Sun, 11/12/2017 - 5:36pm

Most people pay attention to the heavy hitters, but a group that needs more extensive study is the Haqqani Network in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other Central Asian countries.