Q&A: Drone Strike's Impact on Afghanistan, Pakistan

Q&A: Drone Strike's Impact on Afghanistan, Pakistan

Monday, May 23, 2016

By: USIP Staff

The death of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour, who reportedly was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan on May 21, raises a host of questions about the Taliban’s future, U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and American relations with Pakistan. The strike, which Pakistani officials have protested, was the first publicly-disclosed military action by the U.S. inside Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province, and the first to directly target senior Taliban leaders sheltering o...

Type: Analysis

Violent ExtremismGlobal Policy

Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan: Perceptions of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Elite

Pakistan, the United States and the End Game in Afghanistan: Perceptions of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Elite

Thursday, July 28, 2011

By: Moeed Yusuf;  Huma Yusuf;  Salman Zaidi

This brief summarizes the perceptions of Pakistani foreign policy elite about Pakistan’s strategy and interests in Afghanistan, its view of the impending “end game”, and the implications of its policies towards Afghanistan for the U.S.-Pakistan relationship.

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Getting It Right in Afghanistan

Getting It Right in Afghanistan

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

By: Moeed Yusuf;  Scott Smith;  Colin Cookman;  editors

As the United States and NATO prepare to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan in 2014, the question remains as to what sort of political settlement the Afghanistan government and the Taliban can reach in order to achieve sustainable peace. If all parties are willing to strike a deal, how might the negotiations be structured, and what might the shape of that deal be? Getting It Right in Afghanistan addresses the real drivers of the insurgency and how Afghanistan's neighbors can contribute to...

Type: Book

Conflict Analysis & Prevention

Finding a Regional Solution for Afghanistan

Finding a Regional Solution for Afghanistan

Monday, April 16, 2012

On April 6, USIP's South Asia Adviser Moeed Yusuf; Abubakar Siddique, senior news correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, associate researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo and professor MPA at Sciences Po in Paris; and Alireza Nader, senior international policy analyst at the RAND Corporation discussed the various problems and potential solutions to improving cooperation and collaboration from Afghanistan's neighbors with the ultimate objective of pro...

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionEnvironmentMediation, Negotiation & DialogueEconomics

Q&A: Pakistan in the Shifting Neighborhood of 2015

Q&A: Pakistan in the Shifting Neighborhood of 2015

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

A public backlash against the Pakistani Taliban after a December attack in northwestern Pakistan that killed 134 children has raised hopes that the country’s government and military might finally muster the political will to tackle terrorism and violent extremism. U.S. Institute of Peace Director of Pakistan and South Asia Programs Moeed Yusuf considers the odds in the face of Pakistan’s deteriorating relations with India on the eastern border and a new, though divided government in a still-s...

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionViolent ExtremismCivilian-Military Relations