Transnational repression is not about isolated threats or rogue actors. It is about states extending their coercive power ...

Amidst all the economic and political challenges Pakistan faces, it has earned bragging rights for its public awareness campaigns, including the National Action Plan campaign to drive Covid-19 ...

Across southern Pakistan, heavy monsoon rainfall caused devastating flash floods from July to October of 2022. The floods affected more than 33 million people—15% of the population—killed over 1,700 ...

As I write this, government forces in Pakistan are moving against entrenched Taliban fighters up and down the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. After years of what seemed like mild coddling of the Taliban ...

Pakistan‘s policy reforms aim to align it with international standards and position itself as a responsible partner in the ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. As I noted in several prior blogs, Pakistan’s upcoming election this week has ...

As of 2022, over 33 million people in Pakistan have been internally displaced due to floods, which have increased in frequency and intensity due to climate change. With a population of nearly 240 ...

Across Pakistan, one in seven people have been affected by the devastation of unprecedented rainfall and flash floods. The U.N. estimates 33 million people have felt the effects of the deadly floods, ...