Toeing the Line: Media Behavior and Public Messaging During the Pulwama/Balakot Crisis

…Pakistan’s downing of an Indian plane. The PAF were labelled as saviors of Pakistan. Pakistani media analysts criticized Indian assertions of calling Pakistan’s conventional deterrence and nuclear bluff, as the Indian air strike did not…
Pakistan-Saudi Pact Reveals Growing Distrust of US-Led Security Architecture

…is Pakistan’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade of more than $25 billion annually. China also accounts for 81% of Pakistan’s arms imports. At the same time, the Pakistan-Saudi defense…
Seeking a Safe Landing in Pakistan
By Michael Krepon and Alex Stolar – Nawaz Sharif’s dramatic return to Pakistan was short-lived. His deportation to Saudi Arabia accelerates the political drama now unfolding in Pakistan, which is…
CORVI Risk Assessment: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

…Nicholls, “Population and Assets Exposure to Coastal Flooding in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): Vulnerability to Climate Extremes,” Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, last edited January 17, 2011, https://typo3.p264412.webspaceconfig.de/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/Dar-es-Salaam_City-Analysis_Final-Report_1__01.pdf. Moreover,…
Why China Has Not Condemned the Hamas Attack on Israel

…reasons for this ambiguity include the fact that a large number of Israeli citizens emigrated from Russia. Israel also needs Russian acquiescence to Israeli attacks on Iranian targets in Syria,…
Scenarios for the Middle East to 2026: Worse Before It’s Better

…of Israeli forces from “all populated areas” of Gaza. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has waffled about the plan in public, and Hamas has raised concerns over how Israeli…
Turkey-Israel Rivalry in the New Syria

…and Israel. Of these, according to Turkey, Israel poses the gravest threat to Syrian stability. Israel has become the principal external destabilizing military actor in Syria. In the first seven…
SAV Q&A with Noorulain Naseem – Pakistan’s Declaration Against Undocumented Migrants

…1615-mile terrain, and in 2014, crafted Pakistan’s National Action Plan which included a clear policy on registering Afghans residing in Pakistan. The interim government’s recent decision is meant to encompass…