Think-Tank Reports

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

• Pakistan-Taliban Nexus
  Parama Sinha Palit  feels that Pakistan has bitten off more than it can chew
• Talibanization of Afghanistan
  Brig. Chandra B Khanduri traces the birth and the growth of Taliban and the Talibanization of Afghanistan.
• Pakistan: The Latest Military Reshuffle
  Dr. Subhash Kapila says Pakistan under Gen Musharraf will recess deeper into Islamic fundamentalism than any other Pak military ruler 
• Understanding Pakistan
  Report of the IPCS Panel Discussion held on 25 August 2000
• Monitoring Pakistan
  Dr. Bhashyam Kasturi stresses  the need for a government body that monitors and analyses Pakistan in the context of Indian strategic interests
• The Future of Pakistan
  Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 28 July 2000
• Templating Pakistani Designs in the Light of History
  Brig S.S. Chandel notes that Pakistan naming its missiles after Ghauri and Ghaznavi has more to do with Pan-Islamism rather than the two being just Muslim heroes.
• Pakistan – The Costs of Taliban Sponsorship
  Subhash Kapila details the reasons behind Pakistan's support to the Taliban and the costs that it has to pay as a result of such support
• Pakistan at Dangerous Crossroads
  Subhash Kapila points out that Pakistan today is at crossroads because it is a militarized state with aggressive Islamic fundamentalism as its ideology.
• Islamic Fundamentalism and Terrorism
  Joseph Kostiner addresses the IPCS seminar on 16 February 2000.
• Madrasas in Pakistan: An Overview
  D. Suba Chandran looks into the historical growth of Madrasas in Pakistan and their functions.
• Madrasas in Pakistan: Breeding Ground for Islamic Militants?
  D. Suba Chandran argues against the contention that madrasas preach jihad and produce militants. 
• Developments in Pakistan - II
  Sushil J. Aaron reports on the seminar addressed by Vivek Katju, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India.
• Developments in Pakistan - I
  Sonika Gupta reports on a seminar addressed by Lt. Gen. A. M . Vohra and P. R. Chari.
• Pakistan: A Failing State
  Dr. Subhash Kapila says no domestic factors seem to emerge that could revive Pakistan on a pathway towards a modern democratic state. 
• Taliban and the Drug Trade
  Surya Gangadharan doubts the Taliban declaration on cutting opium production.
• Pakistan's Foreign Policy: An Analysis
  Dr. Subash Kapila says an unrestrained Pakistan is likely to end up as a 'rogue state' beyond the pale of American or Chinese control in the long run. 

Federation of American Scientists

• PAKISTAN'S LINKS WITH FUNDAMENTALISM AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
  HON. PETER DEUTSCH OF FLORIDA IN THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
• PAKISTAN'S LINKS WITH FUNDAMENTALISM AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
  HON. PETER DEUTSCH OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (October 7, 1994)
• U-S government commission has warned of a growing menace from terrorism and has called for a more aggressive response. 
  David Swan of VOA Reports

• SENATE RESOLUTION 278--RELATING TO PAKISTAN (October 07, 1994)
  Congressional Record

• PAKISTAN'S ASSERTIVE REGIONAL STRATEGY: HON. BILL MCCOLLUM speaks in the US House of Representatives (SEPTEMBER 12, 1994)

• INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: THE KARACHI ASSASSINATIONS
  USIA Daily Digest (March 16, 1995)

• UNITED STATES AND PAKISTAN RELATIONS (May 25, 1993)
  Congressional Record

• PAKISTAN'S INVOLVEMENT IN NARCO-TERRORISM: HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. speaks in the US House of Representatives (OCTOBER 3, 1994)

• PAKISTAN SUPPORTS TERRORIST REBELS IN KASHMIR: HON. BILL MCCOLLUM speaks in the US House of Representatives (JUNE 22, 1994)

• What is Pakistan's ISI?
  FAS's Intelligence Resource Program Research Paper
• TERRORISM IN INDIA: EXTRACTS FROM INDEPENDENT REPORTS FROM THE WESTERN, PAKISTANI, AND INDIAN PRESS 
  FAS Research Paper 
• Patterns Of Global Terrorism Report: 'Terrorism's Changing Map'
  FAS Research Paper

• PAKISTAN-BASED GROUPS TRAINS HOLY WARRIORS: HON. SHERROD BROWN speaks in the US House of Representatives (MARCH 10, 1995)

• COMBATING GLOBAL TERRORISM: ROOT CAUSES OF THE SCOURGE
  USIA Daily Digest (September 1, 1998)
• Terror - And the Ties That Bind The Taliban and Harakat ul-Ansar (HUA)
  News Review and Comment (November 2, 1997)

• Kargil Review Committee Report
  (Courtesy FAS)

• Pakistan Aid Cutoff: U.S. Nonproliferation and Foreign Policy Considerations
  Richard P. Cronin Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division

• THE NEW ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL
  TASK FORCE ON TERRORISM & UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE

• ARAB VETERANS OF AFGHANISTAN WAR LEAD NEW ISLAMIC HOLY WAR
  FAS Research Paper

Security & Political Risk Analysis.

• Compelling Pakistan to Co-operate
• Counter Proxy War
• Musharraf, Bin Laden and the Lashkar
• Lashkar e Taiba: A Backgrounder
• Islamic Jihad and the United States
• Death Throes of Terrorism in Kashmir?
• Indian Home Minister's Statement on the Hijackers
  • A Chronology of the Indian Airlines IC814 Hijacking
  • The Pakistani Connection
  • The Prize: Masood Azhar
  • The Harkat ul Ansar
• US Attitude to Pakistan: The Bin Laden Factor
• Kashmir: After 10 Years of Violence
• Explosions in Tashkent, The Background
• Whereabouts of Bin Laden: An Analysis
• Sayed Abu Nasir believed to be close associates of Osama Bin Laden
• Terrorism 1999: Changing Profile
• Osama Bin Laden: Rumblings in Afghanistan
• United States Bombing of Terrorist Camps in Afghanistan
• 23 Kashmiri Pundits massacred by Terrorists in Kashmir
• Four Americans Killed in Retaliation to Kansi Conviction
• All Western Hostages Killed, Claims Harkat Militant
• Facts About Ramzi Ahmed Yousef
• Al Faran and the Hostage Crisis in Kashmir
• World Terrorism: An Introduction

Others

• JEM, LET listed by International Counter-Terrorism Association
  International Association for Counter-Terrorism and Security Professionals.
• Is There an Islamist Internationale?
  Reuven Paz, Academic Director of the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel.
• What Does Jihad Mean?
  Douglas E. Streusand of International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, Israel.
• A rogue with his finger on the nuclear trigger
  Amin Saikal, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University.
• Who is Osama Bin Laden?
  Michel Chossudovsky, Professor of Economics, University of Ottawa, Canada.
• Pakistan's Explicit Pro-Pashtun Policy and Pro-Taliban Support
  Ahmed Rashid, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia correspondent for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Daily Telegraph.He is the author of The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationlism?, as well as the recently published Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (Yale, 2000).
• The Taliban Phenomenon
  Kawun Kakar, Institute for Afghan Studies.