What's Next in the War On Terror?
Core Versus Peripheral Islamic World And COVID-19 Pandemic
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The Core versus Peripheral Islamic world theory is one of the key themes PoliTact has been following for over a decade. One of the...
What Caused Afghan Peace Talks To Stall – And What’s To Follow?
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When all seemed set and done and all that was pending was the signing of the agreement, the Afghan peace talks suddenly collapsed with...
Imran-Trump Meeting; US-Pakistan Relations, Afghan Peace, and Kashmir
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The three-day visit of Prime Minister Imran Khan to the US was a significant ice breaking moment for the otherwise downward spiraling US-Pakistan ties....
The Growing Geopolitical Interconnections Of South Asia And Middle East; Pakistan And GCC
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In an effort to decipher the emerging geopolitical realities, PoliTact occasionally partners with leading think-tanks to understand the multi faceted tangents of these trends....
COVID-19 And Campaign Against Extremism
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As the reach of the coronavirus deepens - so does the need to understand the extent of its geopolitical implications. While the most recent...
Indo-Pacific Strategy and South Asia?
North Korean Crisis, US-Pakistan Tensions, and Afghanistan
By Arif Ansar
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The North Korean crisis has emerged as another serious foreign policy challenge for the Trump administration. And this is happening at a...
The Third American-Afghan War And Transformation Of Perception On Afghan Taliban
By Arif Ansar and Dr Claude Rakisits
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For all intents and purposes US is entering the third stage of its military engagement in Afghanistan. The...
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