CIGA Staff

CIGA Staff

September 6, 1965 — the war that changed Pakistan

Author: Mushahid Hussain  Affiliation: Chairman of the Senate Defence Committee (Pakistan) Organization/Publisher: Express Tribune Date/Place: September 7, 2021/Pakistan Type of Literature: Article  Word Count: 1399 Link:   Keywords: Pakistan, India, Kashmir, War Brief: The article explores the factors that led…

Turkey’s Role in Afghanistan: A Major Risk

Author: Levent Kemal Affiliation: Freelance Journalist Organization/Publisher: Al Jazeera Centre for Studies Date/Place: August 2021/ Doha, Qatar Type of Literature: Analysis Paper Number of Pages: 9  Link: Keywords: Turkey, Afghanistan, China, Russia, U.S.A, Great Power Competition Brief: Levent Kemal…

Will the Taliban Regime Survive?

Author: Vanda Felbab-Brown Affiliation: Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology and Director of Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors (Brookings)  Organization /Publisher: Brookings Institution/ Washington DC  Date/Place: August 31, 2021/USA Type of Literature: Blog Word Count: 1500 Link:   Keywords: Taliban,…

The Other Afghan Women

Author: Anand Gopal Affiliation: Journalist and Author Organization/Publisher: The New Yorker Date/Place: September 06, 2021 / New York Type of Literature: Explainer Word Count: 10,000 Link: Keywords: Afghanistan, Taliban, US, Occupation, Afghan women, Rights, Gender, Islam, West, War Crimes…

Miscue After Miscue, U.S. Exit Plan Unravels

Authors: Michael D. Shear (White House correspondent), David E. Sanger (White House and national security correspondent), Helene Cooper (Pentagon correspondent), Eric Schmitt (senior writer, Times staff since 1983), Julian E. Barnes (National security reporter), and Lara Jakes (diplomatic correspondent) Organization/Publisher:…

The Case for Complacency

Author:  Tanisha M. Fazal Affiliation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA Organization/Publisher: Foreign Affairs Date/Place: September/October 2021/USA Type of Literature: Article Word Count: 1934  Link: Keywords: Foreign Policy, US Security, John Mueller Brief: The author presents the views of political…

Afghanistan: US ‘war on terror’ really began in 1945

Author: Joseph Massad Affiliation: Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University Organization/Publisher: The Middle East Eye Date/Place: August 30, 2021/UK Type of Literature: Opinion   Word Count: 1876 Link:   Keywords: USA, Afghanistan, War on Terror, and…