Geopolitical Assessments
Providing analysis and advice on international issues


"Talking with Taliban won’t end Pakistan’s ‘existential threat’", The Conversation, 13 February 2014.

"Pakistan: Why war with the Taliban is now the only option", 
The Interpreter, 6 March 2014.

"What does the Modi election mean for India-Pakistan relations",               The Strategist, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 22 May 2014.
"The War on the Pakistani Taliban: Some Good News of Sorts", Future Directions International, 4 June 2014. 

"Karachi airport attack: Pakistan faces an existential threat",   The Interpreter, 11 June 2014.

"Pakistan: The State of Terror", Foreign Policy, 7 November 2014.
"Pakistan: Things just got much worse", The Strategist, 22 December 2014.
"Pakistan’s Controversial Yemen Decision", 
Future Directions International, 21 April 2015.

"How China Could Become a Two-Ocean Power (Thanks to  Pakistan)",  The National Interest, 12 June 2015.

"Letter from Washington: The Iran Deal—now for the hard part",       The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute), 13 August 2015.

"Letter from Washington: The war no one wants to hear about",  The Strategist (Australian Strategic Policy Institute),                9 September 2015.

"Letter from Washington: The Xi-Obama Summit, no lovefest",  Australian Outlook, (Australian Institute of International Affairs), 1 October 2015.

"A Path to the Sea: China’s Pakistan Plan", World Affairs, Fall 2015.