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April 2013

• Apr 2013
  Lashkar-e-Taiba: Local Organisation, Global Ambitions
  Author: Prem Mahadevan
  Publisher: Center for Security Studies (CSS)
  The Pakistani jihadist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has been labelled as potentially the next al-Qaida.  More on «Lashkar-e-Taiba: Local Organisation, Global Ambitions»
• Apr 2013
  Power and Politics in Pakistan
  Author: Seth Kaplan
  Publisher: Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF)
  This analysis argues that the Pakistani elite controls access to valuable resources.  More on «Power and Politics in Pakistan»

March 2013

• 19 Mar 2013
  A Pakistani Strategic Shift?
  Author: Daniel S Markey
  Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
  In his testimony before the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, and the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, the speaker describes evidence of a strategic shift by Pakistan that could lead to improved cooperation with the United ...  More on «A Pakistani Strategic Shift?»

February 2013

• Feb 2013
  Tahirul Qadri's Rise and its Potential Impact on Pakistan's Stability
  Author: Huma Yusuf
  Publisher: Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF)
  This brief addresses the situation in Pakistan in the wake of a protest march and sit-in led by cleric Tahirul Qadri in Islamabad in January 2013.  More on «Tahirul Qadri's Rise and its Potential Impact on Pakistan's Stability»

January 2013

• 21 Jan 2013
  Qadri, the Charismatic Cleric
  Author: Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
  Publisher: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
  This policy brief sheds light on the figure of Muhammad Tahir-ul Qadri, a maverick Mullah in Pakistan whom many see as a harbinger of change.  More on «Qadri, the Charismatic Cleric»
• 15 Jan 2013
  Pakistan: Countering Militancy in PATA
  Author: International Crisis Group
  Publisher: International Crisis Group
  Notwithstanding considerable improvements since 2009, this report argues that Pakistan's Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) remain an area of insecurity.  More on «Pakistan: Countering Militancy in PATA»
• Jan 2013
  Poverty and Radicalisation into Violent Extremism: a Causal Link?
  Author: Atle Mesøy
  Publisher: Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF)
  The consensus in past research into terrorism and radicalization into violent extremism (RVE) is that generally there is no link between poverty and radicalization, and if such a link exists, it is a weak one.  More on «Poverty and Radicalisation into Violent Extremism: a Causal Link?»
• Jan 2013
  CTC Sentinel 6 (1)
  Author: Anne Wolf, Sean L Yom, Jacob Zenn, Dorle Hellmuth, Anouar Boukhars, Daud Khattak
  Publisher: Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
  The articles in this issue examine: radicalization in Tunisia, Nigeria and Germany; regime stability in Jordan; Algerian foreign policy; and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi's leader Malik Ishaq.  More on «CTC Sentinel 6 (1)»
• Jan 2013
  How the Local Matters: Democratization in Libya, Pakistan, Yemen and Palestine
  Author: Louise Riis Andersen, Ulla Holm, Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Peter Alexander Albrecht, Leila Stockmarr
  Publisher: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
  This report highlights opportunities and tensions associated with providing support for democratization 'from below' in fragile states.  More on «How the Local Matters: Democratization in Libya, Pakistan, Yemen and Palestine»

December 2012

• 7 Dec 2012
  A Pakistani Vision of Peace with India
  Author: P S Suryanarayana
  Publisher: Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)
  Recent clashes between India and Pakistan over Kashmir reaffirm, yet again, the tinderbox status of this region.  More on «A Pakistani Vision of Peace with India»

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