Geopolitical Risk

Evaluates macro-level shifts in global power, including Great Power Competition, supply chain vulnerabilities, and sovereign stability. This hub translates complex political events into actionable risk assessments for institutional decision-makers.

Pakistan’s Thin Line of Defence

The identified deficiencies within Pakistan’s intelligence services span a spectrum of crucial domains. Firstly, the lack of effective preventive measures highlights a fundamental weakness in proactive intelligence gathering and preemptive action. Despite purported warnings issued to targeted individuals, the inability to forestall these operations reveals a critical gap in Pakistan’s security architecture.

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Is Deporting Afghan Refugees Enough for Pakistan’s Security?

Salman Lali, a Contributing Fellow at CommandEleven, joined Yasmeen Ali to discuss the implications and complications that will arise from deporting Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan. Salman spoke in detail about the security and humanitarian concerns that will develop as a result of the Government of Pakistan’s decision to re-start the deportment of Afghans from Pakistan, even if they have a valid Afghan Refugee card.

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The Strategic Quagmire in the Red Sea

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Gaza war, global attention has pivoted from the Ukraine conflict to the Middle East crisis, unveiling unexpected developments in the Red Sea. The Iranian-supported Houthi group in Yemen has thrust the historically and strategically significant Red Sea and Bab el Mandeb Strait into the forefront of international affairs.

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Security Challenges for the New Government

Syed Khalid Muhammad, CommandEleven Executive Director, discussed in detail the security challenges that Pakistan’s new government faces in both Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from insurgency and terrorism from Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

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A Comprehensive Introduction to the Wagner Group: Unraveling the Mystery

The Wagner Group is a Russian private military company, founded in 2014 by Dmitry Utkin, a former Russian military officer, has been active in several conflicts around the world, including Ukraine, Syria, and Libya. Utkin is thought to have taken the nom de guerre “Wagner” after the German composer Richard Wagner, who was an inspiration for the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. The group is funded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Entrapped

Indeed, even this benevolent soul who with the passage of time fell for his abductor, did not voluntarily stroll into the net. The hunters, like the commanders on the battlefield, go great lengths to persuade their game walk into the killing zone. It’s quite a feat, and some of us obviously like to claim credit – even if the prey got into trouble without our help.

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Pain Therapy

India may have learnt a thing or two from the Jewish state, but has taken the pain therapy to such sublime depths that even the Pakistanis can be numbed before the next dose is administered.

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The Bedouin Bluff

Imran Khan’s wilting under Saudi pressure to absent himself from an important conference in Malaysia, was unwise. But if he was now having second thoughts and actually pulled-off an about-turn, he would not only get back to the right side of geography, the mother of history, but would also be calling the Bedouin Bluff.

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