The Shape of Things to Come
Spearhead Analysis – 17.06.2019
The Prime Minister in his midnight power address to the nation announced a ‘high-powered’ commission to probe loans taken over the...
Jumping the Gun
Spearhead Analysis – 18.04.2019
By Farrukh Karamat
Senior Research Coordinator, Spearhead Research
Like most other leaderships in the World, the PTI leaders too are avid fans of social media...
Two Attacks — Multiple Consequences
Spearhead Analysis – 18.02.2019
On February 13 an attack on a bus carrying Iranian Revolutionary Guards IRG) personnel was attacked by a suicide bomber in Iran’s...
Iran’s Rouhani Visits India
Spearhead Analysis – 05.03.2018
By Shirin Naseer
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
On February 19, 2018, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani completed his three-day tour of India. Rouhani’s visit was...
Protecting Pakistan From Within: Will Peace Negotiations Succeed?
By Shemrez Nauman Afzal
Research Advisor and Consultant (Security and Governance)
Spearhead Research – Pakistan
Abstract
The story of peace talks between the Pakistani government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...
The Peshawar Outrage
Spearhead Analysis – 17.12.2014
December 16, already a black day in our history because of Indian intervention in what is now Bangladesh but was East...
In Helsinki, Putin triumphs over Trump
Spearhead Analysis – 20.07.2018
By Fatima Ayub
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
The 16th July Helsinki summit between President Trump and President Putin lived up to its expectations of being the...
The Afghan war
Spearhead Analysis – 22.05.2017
By Hira A. Shafi
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
As the US enters a new phase of the Afghan war under the Trump administration, the most...
US Government Shutdown: Democrats Refuse to Back Down
Spearhead Analysis – 09.01.2019
By Syed Murtaza Zaidi
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
On June 16, 2015, a press conference was called at the Trump Towers in Manhattan. The consensus...
DAWN LEAKS: Political Narratives
Spearhead Analysis – 12.05.2017
By ShahBano Khan
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
With the publication of a leaked news story last year that ‘compromised’ national security, especially at a time when...