“The new American way of war is here, but the debate about it has only just begun. In The
Way of the Knife, Mr Mazzetti has made a valuable contribution to it.”—The Economist A …

Armed groups are prone to instability and fragmentation, but what explains variation among
the new groups that emerge? I argue that the internal politics preceding organizational splits …

The recruitment and use of children in armed conflict remains a prevalent feature of modern
civil war. But which conflict actors are more likely to recruit children? We argue that the …

Pakistan has regained the status of the frontline state immediately after the holocaust of 9/11
and adopted the both military and non-military based counter terrorism strategy. The paper …

Project outline and study objective When the Cold War heated up in the 1980s, Afghanistan
became a symbolic and very real kinetic theater for proxy warfare between the then two …

India is the world's tenth largest economy and possesses the world's fourth largest military.
The subcontinent houses about one-fifth of the world's population and its inhabitants are …

Morning Edition cohost Steve Inskeep presents a riveting account of a single harrowing day
in December 2009 that sheds light on the constant tensions in Karachi, Pakistan—when a …

This book examines India's relationship with Iran since the post-World War II period and its
unique search for meaningful bilateral ties in the West Asian region in the context of the …

This book details the domestic security concerns of Pakistan, encompassing the dangers of
insurgencies, the effects of religious extremism and terrorism, and the malfunction of its …

The spillover effects of the war in Afghanistan gave birth to a new breed of terrorist groups in
the tribal areas of Pakistan. Inspired by al-Qaeda's ideology, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan …