Pakistan Elections
Panelists talked about the political situation in Pakistan following the 2018 elections in which the ruling Pakistani Muslim League lost its plurality in the National Assembly. They discusse…
261 viewsPanelists talked about the political situation in Pakistan following the 2018 elections in which the ruling Pakistani Muslim League lost its plurality in the National Assembly. They discusse…
261 viewsMiddle East scholars and former government officials talked about the rise of ISIS in such South Asia countries as India and Bangladesh. The panelists focused on the impact on individual sta…
720 viewsPanelists discussed the challenges of rising extremism in Pakistan and an incident in which Former Pakistani Ambassador Haqqani allegedly sought U.S. assistance to prevent a military coup fo…
419 viewsPanelists talked about Pakistan’s future, particularly its role in global affairs. The discussion served as a platform for the organization’s new book titled The Future of Pakistan. One of t…
540 viewsPanelists talked about the future of Afghanistan. Topics included peace negotiations, U.S.-Pakistan relations, Afghanistan war strategy and counterinsurgency efforts. Following prepared rema…
294 viewsPanelists talked about U.S. aid to Pakistan as set out in the 2009 Kerry-Lugar-Berman law and current relations between the two countries. They also responded to questions from the audience.…
307 viewsA team of election observers participated recently back from Afghanistan discussed the 2009 elections. Topics included election analysis, comparisons with the 2004-2005 elections, women’s p…
287 viewsPanelists discussed a poll on Pakistani views on the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in their country. The poll found that the majority of Pakistanis viewed al Qaeda and the Taliban a…
151 viewsChristine Fair talked about the United States Institute of Peace/Rand Corporation report on a 12-month investigation identifying specific weaknesses in domestic and international efforts to …
122 viewsChristine Fair talked about last week’s attacks in Mumbai and what it means for India-Pakistan relations; what role, if any, the U.S. should play; and reports that one of the terrorists was …
334 views“The Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan” was the third panel of the day-long event “Al Qaeda 3.0/The ‘War on Terror’ After the Bush Administration.” Topics included the goals o…
378 viewsModerated by Professor Macdonald, experts discussed the environments that enable terrorism. Topics included Pakistani seminaries and their relation to jihads, Hamas radicalization of Palesti…
113 viewsUnited States Institute of Peace South Asia Program Officer Christine Fair talked about recent efforts by Pakistan to combat Islamic fundamentalist terrorist cells and also spoke about the 9…
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