Abstract (America’s longest war came to a formal end with the departure of the last US C-17 half an hour before midnight on August 30. The Afghan war began as a ‘Just War’, with unanimous Global backing, soon it began to lose purpose, degenerated into an “Unwanted War” through to a ‘Wrong War’. There were […]
Afghanistan’s Evolving Landscape Read More »
by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)* Abstract Writer is a former Assistant Chief of Air Staff Pakistan Air Force and Former Consultant to Islamabad Policy Research Institute on Policy & Strategic Response. He is the Founding President of Pakistan Focus, an online think tank. Research for this paper closed on February 21, 2021. Shall
Sino-US Unease and the Evolving Strategic Chessboard Read More »
by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI (M)* * Writer is a former Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, and Founding Chair of think Tank, Pakistan Focus. Research for this article closed on October 31, 2020. Abstract In the name of counterbalancing and, one day confronting China, India had been, at least since
Sino-India Conflict 2020: A War India Lost Without Fighting Read More »
by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI (M)* *The writer is a retired air commodore of Pakistan Air Force, he is founding chairperson of a leading think tank “Pakistan Focus”. Abstract The rise of contemporary Far-Right thought is impacting traditional safety valve mechanisms like immigration and asylum. Indeed, humane pillars of liberal order are collapsing1.
Challenges and Options for Pakistan by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI (M)* The writer is a retired air commodore of Pakistan Air Force, he is founding chairperson of a leading think tank “Pakistan Focus”. An abridged version of this paper was read in an international conference organized by the Political Science Department of Peshawar
Facts and Fallacies of Hybrid Warfare: Old Wine in New Bottle? Read More »
AN ABRIDGED CASE STUDY OF INDIA OCCUPIED KASHMIR by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)* *The writer is a retired Air Commodore of Pakistan Air Force and its former Assistant Chief of Air Staff. He is the founding Chairperson of the online think tank, Pakistan Focus. Abstract† (The presence of post 9/11 terrorism and ensuing counterterrorism
States Stampeding HR of Own Societies under the Garb of Counter Terrorism Read More »
Geneses, Perceptions, Challenges and the Way Forward by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI (M)* The writer is a retired air commodore of Pakistan Air Force, he is founding chairperson of a leading think tank “Pakistan Focus”. An abridged version of this paper was read in an international conference organized by the Political Science Department
Reclaiming the Wondrous Borderlands of Pakistan astride the Pak-Afghan Border Read More »
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal† *A variant of this paper was read at “The Area Study Centre for Europe (ASCE), University of Karachi” during an international conference entitled “Countering Radicalization and Terrorism in Europe, Middle East and South Asia in the wake of international migration Moving Towards Peace and Harmony” on 16-17 March 2017 in
Politicization of Terrorism in South Asia: Impact on Counterterrorism Effort Read More »
by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI (M)* *The writer is a retired Air Commodore of Pakistan Air Force. He is founding chairperson of a leading think tank: “Pakistan Focus”. An abridged version of this paper was read in an international conference organized by Political Science Department of Peshawar University and HSF Islamabad on August
by Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)* *The author is a retired Air Commodore of Pakistan Air Force and its former Assistant Chief of Air Staff. Presently he is Chairperson of Think Tank “Pakistan Focus”. A variant of this paper was read in an International Conference on Migration and Displacement (ICMD 17) November 14-16 2017;
Overseas Pakistanis: An Under Exploited Potential Read More »
