The Flow of Diplomacy: Lessons from the Indus Water Treaty
This essay won 3rd place in the 2024 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Evaluate an example of a fore...
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“1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh” and “The Blood Telegram”: A Review
The Importance of the Thesis in Historical Narratives I. 50 Years Since Independence, 50 Years Since Genocide December 17, 2021, marked the 50th anni...
The Taliban, Pakistan, and Indonesia: Changing the Geopolitical Landscape
The situation in Afghanistan On August 19, 2021, the Taliban declared the re-establishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (further called the Emirate). A...
Exploring the Police-Military Relationship in Pakistan and the United States
On the surface, the arrest of Muhammad Safdar—a political dissenter who happens to be the son-in-law of the exiled ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif—appears to be ...
A Pashtun Awakening Against All Odds
By Minahil Nawaz, TD’21 On January 28, 2020, Pakistani authorities detained two members of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) in the northwest city of Peshawar...
Fifty Shades of Gray: An Analysis of Modern Conflict
Written by Henry Suckow-Ziemer Less than a week after Indian PM Narendra Modi promised a “jaw-breaking” response to a terror attack that killed 40 paramilitary ...
Hydropolitics in the Indus Basin: The Indus Water Treaty & Water Mismanagement in Pakistan
Written by Uzair Sattar and Atrey Bhargava Introduction Pakistan could be water scarce by 2025.[1] In recent months, this prediction has generated headlines and...
China sees new diplomatic, economic role in Afghanistan — if it can resolve a 40-year conflict
By: Elisabeth Siegel China is setting up its second ever overseas military base in Afghanistan in order to train Afghan brigades in counterterrorism efforts, as...