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Pakistan-Afghanistan
Pakistan’s Afghan Dilemma: Absent Compassion


Syed Eesar Mehdi

The recent Pakistani move to push out Afghan refugees seems to have been less carefully thought through because it could jeopardise informal relationship between the Afghan people and the Pakistan government at the popular level on the one hand and rile the Pakistani Pashtun population in the border areas on the other. Rather than containing the TTP, this move may actually further legitimize its Islamist campaign against the Pakistan state.

Baloch
The Spreading Tentacles of Violence in Balochistan: Consequences for Pakistani Society


Josh Bowes

Baloch rebels like the BLA, who seek to become independent from Pakistan entirely, have reacted strongly to Chinese investment in the province…The complicated socio-political conflict in Pakistan’s largest province appears to be out of reach for the Pakistani central government, as security forces continue to face bombings and suicide attacks.

India-Finland
Finland’s Strategic Vision Reconfirms Strengthening Relations with India


Ekaterina Serova

Finland-India relations are poised for a smooth take-off in the days to come.

Pakistan-Afghanistan
Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations in Quandary: Lessons for Pakistan


Nazir Ahmad Mir

Pakistani security forces are unable to deal with a new wave of terror attacks, more because of the ambivalence in the country’s approach towards religious extremism than the lag in military preparedness both vis-à-vis India they want to square up with, and vis-à-vis the terror elements they have emboldened over the years.