Explaining the resurgence of terrorist violence in Pakistan
网页2023年3月29日 · As a result, terrorist violence decelerated in Pakistan by 85 per cent, according to private and Pakistan military estimates. Critics attribute the resurgent violence by ISIS-linked ethnic Pashtun and Baloch terrorists and separatists to the Pakistani military’s involvement in national politics. In a televised speech on 27 November 2022, just ...
Thai–Cambodian conflict rooted in history | East Asia Forum
网页2012年1月27日 · A. A. But this latest dispute is the result of much broader tensions between the two neighbours, rooted in an historical legacy of hostility and mistrust. It is also the result of divergent constructions of history by today’s Cambodian and Thai elites, each of which has tried to promote a sense of national identity based on the concepts of ...
Pakistani political parties and the democratic deficit
网页2016年4月20日 · But even universalistic parties have become largely restricted to one ethnicity or province. In 2013, four of these parties obtained at least 90 per cent of their NA seats from one ethnicity. Only PTI drew 60 per cent of its seats from the largely Pashtun province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 30 per cent from Punjab province.
Can Pakistan facilitate Afghan peace? | East Asia Forum
网页2018年10月5日 · Pakistan is facing pressure on both its eastern and western borders. From the west, Pakistan feels the heat of the Afghan war as same Pashtun tribes live on either side of the border and millions have moved in to live in Pakistan. Pashtuns have historically lived lives unrelated to the line on the map and move freely across the rugged border.
Lahore attack latest attempt to silence Pakistan’s minorities
网页2016年4月6日 · This suicide bombing is the latest in a series of attacks seeking to eliminate Pakistan’s religious minorities from the public realm. But while these atrocities target members of religious minority groups, attacking them in public spaces means that the damage is borne by all members of Pakistan’s middle- and working-classes. In Pakistan, …