Archive

Realignment, Rivalry and the Limits of Engagement

United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan Relations

Encircled and Entangled: What the Iran War Means for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Implications of the Iran War

Why Insurgents Attack Americans: What the Data Tells Us and What to do About it

Review

Ruling by Decree: Akhundzada's Architecture of Control on the Eve of Open War on the Durand Line

Afghanistan Internal Politics

Operation Herof 2.0: Women on the Front Lines of the Baloch Insurgency

Women in Combat

Understanding Pakistan’s Security Crisis: The Research Behind the Headlines (2017–2026)

Pakistan Security Crisis

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

March 2026 Volume 1, Issue 2

Balochistan: Between Security and Community

Civil Unrest, Security & Political Mobilization

The Fractured Emirate: How Hibatullah Akhundzada is Reshaping the Taliban

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan's Footprints in Bangladesh: The Emergence of a Transnational Recruitment Pipeline

Islamabad Under Fire Again: Suicide Bombing Signals Urban Reach

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Militant Landscape

The Splintering Landscape: Jamaat ul-Ahrar's Strategic Hedging

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Militant Landscape

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

2026 Volume 1, Issue 1

Not Your Father's Afghanistan: The West's Blind Spot on al-Qaeda's Resurgence

Has the West taken its eye off the al-Qaeda ball?

Pakistan's Militancy Crisis: 5 Key Realities

Militancy Crisis

An Intractable Border: Barriers to Afghanistan–Pakistan Reconciliation

Why Afghanistan–Pakistan Relations Remain Locked in Crisis

Different Paths to Violence: The Afghan Evacuee Cases Driving Policy

Afghan Refugees

Why Pakistani Militants Are Turning to Women Recruits

The Gender Gambit

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

October-November 2025

Digital Jihad: Weaponization of AI Literacy as Religious Obligation

Islamic State Khorasan

Washington's Selective Engagement: United States, Pakistan & Afghanistan October-November 2025

Perspectives: Militancy, Security & Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations

October-November 2025

Durand Dispatch Infographics: Afghanistan-Pakistan Crisis (October 2025)

Women-Focused Propaganda & Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

Gendered Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

September-October 2025