Talking with the Taliban: whats at stake on March 15, 2014“Well, don’t, soldier. Pull a rabbit out of your hat…That’s the secret of both trial law and life,” said Denny Crane, from the television serial Boston Legal. And that’s exactly what the government did with the rupee — they pulled a rabbit out of the hat. Now that the catchy title, which hopefully enticed people […]
New security policy: transforming words into action? on March 5, 2014The government has unveiled the initial draft of its new National Internal Security policy (NISP) at a time when Pakistani forces are conducting surgical strikes against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts in North Waziristan. The impression emanating from this coincidence reflects the incumbent government’s readiness to transform the policy perspective of its future counterterrorism strategy […]