Peace and Security
The legendary Khyber Pass - the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan
INTRODUCTION
Over the last twenty years foreign and security policies have been subject to rapid change. This development is due to the end of the cold war and has been further accelerated after September 11. Traditional security policies such as deterrence and containment have been replaced by risk prevention, crisis intervention, and pre-emptive policy measures. This holds true especially in this part of the world where Pakistan and Afghanistan are meanwhile in the focus of international foreign relations and external security initiatives. Increasingly questions of foreign, security, and developmental policy have thus become intertwined. more

Position Papers

Report on Peace and Security Policy by the German Green Commission

 - The Greens' peace and security policy is geared towards protecting human rights, towards international justice and solidarity, sustainability, non-violence and strengthening international law. Our top priority is civilian crisis prevention. Green peace policy is geared towards eliminating the multifarious causes of violence, crises and conflicts. more»

Peace and Security for All - A feminist critique

- Violent conflicts and wars have many and complex causes. Yet cause analyses generally overlook a significant factor: the gender dynamic. A look at the power relations between women and men, however, can be the key to early detection and analysis of the emergence and trajectory of crises and wars as well as to effective strategies for their resolution. By the Feminist Institute of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung more»

International Politics

EU Politics towards Pakistan

Survy: EU Must Bring Its Expertise to Pakistan

Terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons are growing threats for the EU. 30 international experts unanimously call for a much stronger EU commitments to the stabilization of Pakistan than promised at EU-Pakistan summit. By Atlantic Community more»

EU-Pakistan Summit - Joint Statement

 - The first EU-Pakistan Summit was held in Brussels on 17 June 2009. It was agreed on substantial measures to strengthen mutual engagement by initiating strategic dialogue on common commitment to development, education, science and technology, security, counter-terrorism, strengthening democracy, human rights and enhancing trade. more»

Further Readings

Is the youth in Elite Universities in Pakistan Radical?

September 15, 2010 - This study by Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa is based on survey and interviewes with various students, who are studying in elite colleges, but their minds are being captured by conservative attitude. Although it is difficult to generalize, one is beginning to see a far greater number of people representing latent radicalism than in the past. By Ayesha Siddiqa more»

PUBLICATION

The Al Qaeda Connection: The Taliban and Terror in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas

- Terror attacks and suicide bombings by Al Qaeda and militants Taliban are an ever increasing phenomena in this part of the world. The planning centre for these operations is the tribal region FATA between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mr. Imtiaz Gul, the Chairperson of HBS partner CRSS in this book follows the way militancy has evolved under Al Qaeda’s influence in tribal areas of Pakistan. By Imtaiz Gul more»

Whither Pakistan? A Five-Year Forecast

 - Pakistan will not break up; there will not be another military coup; the Taliban will not seize the presidency; Pakistan's nuclear weapons will not go astray; and the Islamic sharia will not become the law of the land. By Pervez Hoodbhoy (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) more»

BOOK REVIEW

Pakistan in Peril

 - The author reviews the book Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid. By William Dalrymple more»