Insights

Jun

By Lt. General Asad Durrani (Retired) Governance

The Incredible State

Some of them cannot afford to tell the truth; others do not know the truth; and still others fatuously believe that economizing on truth was good politics. Speaking with forked tongues was once the exclusive domain of the diplomats.

Apr

By Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired) Terrorism

Beyond Hubris

Indeed, the US is making much heavy weather of exiting Afghanistan, and of course it entered the Country in a fit of bullheadedness, Al-Qaeda having shown the red rag – and without much forethought. But that happens most of the time, and since even the best laid-out plans fly out of window after the initial salvos; it’s the afterthought that counts. And that’s where America went awfully awry.

Apr

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Videos

Afghan Peace Process

Syed Khalid Muhammad, CommandEleven Executive Director, appeared in a Russia Today segment discussing the attack in Bajaur. Khalid put forward a very different perspective in regards to the attack, the reasons behind it, and what will happen next in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Mar

By Imran Siddiqui Briefing Papers, Geopolitics, Pakistan, United States

Pakistan-US Relations – A Challenge for Antony Blinken

The grievances of Pashtuns, the progress of KPK, support base of PTM, role of PTI and PPP, and proposed next steps are discussed in this article and offer additional insight to this issue.

Mar

By Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired) Kashmir

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.

Oct

By Imran Siddiqui Pakistan

Prisons in Pakistan – An Opportunity Lost To Incompetence

Prisons are overcrowded because a large number of people for Pre-trial/ remand are put in jail. This leads to issue of Prison Radicalisation because extremists can easily connect with ordinary people and propagate extremism. Many youth and ordinary prisoners end up with terrorist organizations.

Oct

By Lt. General Tariq Khan (Retired) Pakistan

Overpowered

Army’s intervention in politics – rightly or wrongly, directly or indirectly –brings the constitution and the institutions under stress. Creating a political structure around some selected figures is its compulsion, both for legitimacy and for the outreach.

Aug

By Lt. General Asad Durrani (Retired) Geopolitics

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.

Aug

By Lt. General Asad Durrani (Retired) Governance

Programmed to Fail

Some important institutions of the state were bound to come under stress. Courts will be inundated by petitions to prevent these upstarts from rocking the boat – and may have to be persuaded to give the new dispensation a sporting chance.

Jul

By Reporting Desk Infographic

Eleven Commandments of CommandEleven

Let’s recall our memories of a speech of a senior Pak Army official that he delivered as the chief guest at a military educational institution in Rawalpindi on India’s Republic Day in 2014, asserting that India poses no greater threat to Pakistan but extremism/terrorism does.