How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States

How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States

Friday, April 1, 2011

By: Howard B. Schaffer;  Teresita C. Schaffer

How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States analyzes the themes, techniques, and styles that have characterized Pakistani negotiations with American civilian and military officials since Pakistan’s independence. Drawing from their vast diplomatic experience, authors Teresita and Howard Schaffer examine how Pakistan’s ideological core, geopolitical position, culture, and military and governmental structures shape negotiations with the United States.

Type: Book

Covering and Countering Extremism in Pakistan’s Developing Media

Covering and Countering Extremism in Pakistan’s Developing Media

Friday, March 4, 2011

By: Hannah Byam;  Christopher Neu

This Peace Brief summarizes the discussion from the USIP public event “Pakistan’s Media: Dissecting its Coverage of Extremism, Terrorism and Pakistan-U.S. Relations." The event convened Pakistan journalists and media experts Wajahat Ali, Imtiaz Ali and Zahid Hussein on December 6, 2010.

Type: Peace Brief

USIP Prevention Newsletter - March 2011

USIP Prevention Newsletter - March 2011

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The bimonthly Prevention Newsletter provides highlights of the Institute's conceptual and region specific work aimed at helping to prevent conflicts in Africa, the Middle East, South and Northeast Asia, and the special project on genocide prevention. It also provides Over the Horizon thinking on trends in different regions, as well as information about events, working groups and publications.

Conflict Analysis & PreventionHuman Rights

USIP Grant Supports Radicalization Study

Monday, February 7, 2011

By: Barmak Pazhwak

Does poor governance promote extremism?  With the support of USIP, the Governance Institutes Network International (GINI), a Pakistani non-governmental organization based in Islamabad, will conduct surveys of 2,000 adults in three areas to explore potential links between misgovernance and radicalization and gain insight into the supply-side dynamics of misgovernance.

The Future of Pakistan: Event Wrap

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

By: Gordon Lubold

Charting Pakistan’s future is a nearly impossible task as it is so steeped in uncertainty. And yet it is critical to American foreign policy, with more than 100,000 U.S. troops fighting a resilient insurgency across the border in Afghanistan. While the challenges are nearly insurmountable, experts say, there are areas in which progress for the U.S.-Pakistani relationship is possible.

Type: Analysis

Conflict Analysis & PreventionMediation, Negotiation & Dialogue

Reforming Pakistan‘s Police and Law Enforcement Infrastructure

Reforming Pakistan‘s Police and Law Enforcement Infrastructure

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

By: Hassan Abbas

An effective police force is critical to countering insurgency. In Pakistan, an understaffed and underequipped police force is increasingly called on to manage rising insecurity and militant violence. This report evaluates the obstacles to upgrading the existing police system and recommends traditional and innovative reform options, including major restructuring of the total civilian law enforcement infrastructure, without which the police force cannot be effectively improved.

Type: Special Report

Bleak Outlook for 2011 Conference on Disarmament

Bleak Outlook for 2011 Conference on Disarmament

Friday, January 28, 2011

By: Brian Rose

The 2011 Conference on Disarmament began contentiously when Pakistan’s representative criticized U.S. support for full Indian membership in export control organizations that would allow it to engage in nuclear trade. This Peace Brief seeks to capture some of the areas of contention, including the Pakistani block of a fissile material cutoff treaty, and place them in the context of Pakistan’s larger strategic and security concerns vis-à-vis India.

Type: Peace Brief

Conflict Analysis & PreventionGlobal Policy