Insights

Mar

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Geopolitics, Middle East

Yemen Conflict: Pakistan Is Sitting On A Time Bomb

This past week has been like no other in Pakistan’s history. We are used to watching our own country projecting conspiracy theories and rumors as information, but rarely is there a national debate on whether Pakistan should be involved in someone else’s war.

Mar

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Cognitive Warfare, Information Warfare

The Battle In Your Living Room

We would love to pretend that this is the first time an occurrence like this has happened, but it’s just not the case. The Pakistani media, in the battle for ratings and viewers, elevates non-stories and unconfirmed rumors to breaking news, sometimes shaking the national conscience.

Mar

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Terrorism, Videos

ISIS in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director - CommandEleven, joined on Zain Khan on Tactical Talk to discuss ISIS in Pakistan & Afghanistan, their potential intentions and implications for the region.

Feb

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Geopolitics

The Hypocrisy of Hate

We hate. You can insert any phrase or words that you like after the first two and you find that we, as a nation, put much more energy into hatred without drawing any motivation or benefit from it. And this is how we got today’s Pakistan.

Feb

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Governance, Terrorism

Freedom is Never Free

Over the past week, we have learned that ISIL “Khorasan” has formed a “military alliance” with the Pakistani Taliban, Lashkar-i-Islam, and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar to counter the successes that the Pakistan Army has achieved in the Khyber Agency and other Afghan border areas.

Feb

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Terrorism

If You Have Any Humanity Left

When the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar happened, the whole country stood together and said we won’t let this happen again. 141 souls were lost that day. They were future doctors, engineers, professors, politicians, soldiers, and officers.

Jan

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Geopolitics

I Am Whatever I Say I Am

It’s difficult for a country, like Pakistan, that struggles with so many internal issues to even consider how to counter an argument against us or our religion, when they can point to any number of incidents in the past week that prove their point.

Jan

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Terrorism

Whither Pakistan

Cicero spoke of the guaranteed privileges and rights that were observed and protected by the Roman government for those who understood their obligations as citizens of the Empire.

Jan

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Governance, Terrorism

Pakistan’s Watershed Moment

Within days of this hideous usage of the Holy Qu’ran, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan sent a video of one of their children to the US media, reportedly Maulana Radio’s own son, to explain that this was the first of many more attacks to come against children and schools.

Jan

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Judiciary

The Fallout Around Military Courts

We saw six terrorists, out of 3,000, executed after eight years of sitting in our prisons before the process screeched to a halt with cries from human rights organizations, the European Union and the retired judges in Pakistan decrying the brutality of executions.