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...
Pakistan’s economic snapshot, August – September 2013
The KSE-100 index has been one of the best performing stock markets in Asia (yielded a return of 31% or 22% in dollar terms)...
Debate on the organisations of insurgences in Afghanistan and Syria
Spearhead Issue Brief – 28.06.2018
By Hira A. Shafi
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
Spearhead report on a talk by Dr Antonio Guistozzi in Islamabad.
Key Points by the speaker:
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Pakistan Predictions 2015
A special report by Spearhead Research
By Shayan Malik & Abdulla Wasti
Overview
2014 was a year of mostly low’s and some highs within various policy spheres...
2018 – A New World Order in Review
Spearhead Special Report – 03.01.2019
By Fatima Ayub
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
2018 was a year of erratic belligerence. World politics shifted from a rules-based international order to a...
IRAQ’S KIRKUK CRISIS AS A PRIMER FOR POST-ISIL CONSTRUCT
Spearhead Issue Brief – 02.11.2017
By Fatima Ayub
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
In a remarkable turnaround of fate, Iraqi military forces and the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Unit (PMU) took less...
Spearhead Special Report – Pakistan’s Water Crisis
‘One of the most water-stressed countries in the world, not far from being classified as water scarce’, Pakistan faces an existential threat- one that...
Assessing the failures of US ‘War on Terror’ 17 years after 9/11
Spearhead Special Report – 17.09.2018
By Fatima Ayub
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
Seventeen years after 9/11, the outcome of the War on Terror is still in dispute. With the...
Pakistan Census 2017
Spearhead Special Report – 20.03.2017
Carrying out the upcoming population census with diligence could have a significant impact on the future political and socio-economic landscape of...
India’s Afghanistan Policy
Spearhead Special Report – 09.01.2019
By Shirin Naseer
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
As the United States plans its exit from Afghanistan, the international community is widely anticipating the...