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Dual Use Technology Imports Aiding Pakistan’s Covert Nuclear Programme

Special Report / Fabien Baussart Published by Modern Diplomacy

A recent threat assessment by Norwegian security agencies has drawn attention to Pakistan’s exploitation of dual-use technology, exposing the country as one of the greatest threats to international security. Norway thus joins a growing list of states that have raised alarm over Pakistan’s persistent practice of bypassing international safeguards to acquire sensitive nuclear technology, ostensibly […]

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Comparative Status of Women in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Special Report / Fabien Baussart Published by Modern Diplomacy

International Women’s Day on 8 March serves as a reminder that women across the world continue to fight for basic rights and equality. In South Asia, Pakistan and Bangladesh—once one nation until 1971—today stand at diametrically opposite ends regarding the status of women. Pakistan: Entrenched Discrimination and Resistance Denial of Basic Rights Women in Pakistan

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The Autopsy of Jihadism in the United States

Special Report / Fabien Baussart Published by Modern Diplomacy

The American counter-terrorism establishment has been jolted by a sobering realisation: its most persistent terrorist threat is not foreign, but domestic. Contrary to conventional wisdom, “a large majority of jihadist terrorists in the United States have been American citizens or legal residents”. This conclusion comes from New America, a think tank providing one of the

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Pakistan’s Intimidation of Its Citizens Abroad

Special Report / Fabien Baussart Published by Modern Diplomacy

Repressive regimes frequently resort to violence, intimidation, and technology to silence dissent beyond their borders. A report published by Freedom House on 4 February 2021 noted that “transnational repression” has become increasingly common. It found that 31 states had physically attacked their citizens living abroad since 2014, while millions more have faced harassment, digital surveillance,

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Erdogan’s Wars

Special Report / Kelly Kassis • Published by The Economic Times

Faced with the EU’s growing frustration and Biden’s more hostile administration, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has softened his tone, renewed his promises for greater cooperation and has ceased all exploration activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. However, Erdogan’s superficial attempts to appease the West in order to avoid further sanctions will not result in a

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An Enemy Among Us

Special Report / Kelly Kassis • Published by Modern Diplomacy

The upcoming talks regarding the tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean, that are due to take place on January 25, should not disillusion us from the dangers of Turkey’s unilateral aggression on all fronts. Erdogan has made no real efforts to improve ties with the EU, except for the occasional vain promise of turning over a

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The Hypocrisy of the Muslim World

Special Report / Kelly Kassis • Published by The Jerusalem Post

France and the rest of Europe face a serious threat from Islamist terrorism. This has become more apparent after the brutal beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty, the terrorist attacks in Nice and Vienna, and the disgust and contempt most Muslim countries have expressed toward French values. French President Emmanuel Macron’s battle against Islamist separatism fights

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