Pakistan's Pipeline Options: Turkmenistan Versus Iran
by Naveed Ahmad (03/20/2013 issue of the CACi Analyst) Facing depleting petro-chemical reserves and soaring demands for energy, Pakistan has tough choices to make. It can either risk punitive action by...
View ArticlePakistan's War On Terror: Up To And Beyond 2014
by Rizwan Zeb (05/01/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) While Pakistan continues to be a frontline state in the global war on terror, it is simultaneously fighting domestic terrorism in a war that will...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, May 01, 2013
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View ArticlePost-Election Developments: Is This Pakistan's Spring?
by Rizwan Zeb (06/12/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) For the first time in the country’s history, a smooth democratic transition has taken place in Pakistan. Pakistan is facing a number of domestic,...
View ArticlePakistan Concerned Over Afghanistan-India Relationship
by Naveed Ahmad (06/12/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is a shrewd politician, even more so as his term in office nears completion and uncertainty prevails. After a...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, June 12, 2013
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View ArticleTAPI: Time for the Big Push
by Gulshan Sachdeva (07/10/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) Despite many positive developments in the last few years, the future of the ambitious TAPI gas pipeline project is still in doubt. All four...
View ArticlePakistan's Drone Dilemma
Rizwan Zeb (the 02/10/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) The drone attack killing in early September 2013 of Mullah Sangeen Zadran, who had been a U.S. target since 2011, is hailed as evidence of the...
View Article“CACI Analyst, October 2, 2013”
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View ArticleAWOL: U.S. Policy in Central Asia
By Stephen Blank (the 30/10/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) The U.S. has decided to give up the base at Manas, presumably because that base is not worth retaining once it leaves Afghanistan next year,...
View ArticleTTP-Pakistan Dialogue: The Post-Hakimullah Scenario
By Rizwan Zeb (the 13/11/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) After the death of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a U.S. drone attack and the appointment of the hardliner and...
View Article“CACI Analyst, November 13, 2013”
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View ArticlePakistan's New Strategic Leadership and the Afghanistan Situation
By Naveed Ahmad (the 08/01/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Pakistan’s third-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has appointed a new Chief of Army Staff replacing former President Pervez Musharraf’s...
View ArticleAfghanistan and India Deepen Strategic Cooperation
By Richard Weitz (the 22/01/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) India has made major economic, political, and strategic investments in Afghanistan since the Taliban lost power in 2001. The two countries...
View Article“CACI Analyst, January 22, 2014”
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View ArticleTurkistan Islamic Party Increases Its Media Profile
By Jacob Zenn (the 05/02/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) One of the main objectives of terrorist and other non-state militant groups, especially those which are significantly weaker than the states...
View Article“CACI Analyst, February 05, 2014”
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View ArticleShanghai Cooperation Organization Set to Expand
By John C.K. Daly (08/14/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) currently consists of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. At an August...
View ArticleThe Beginning of Waziristan's Endgame
By Naveed Ahmad (11/11/2014 issue of the CACI Analyst) Pakistan’s semi-autonomous region of North Waziristan has gone through an unprecedented transformation since June. The Pakistani military has...
View ArticleRussia's Pakistan Volte-Face
By Naveed Ahmad (01/07/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) Pakistan has signed a military cooperation pact with Russia, “aimed at bringing peace and stability in the region.” Leading a 41-member high level...
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