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In this analysis, Mustafa Aryan unpacks Pakistan's shift from proxy influence to airstrikes in Afghanistan and why it reveals the limits of coercing a regime with structural constraints and little incentive to comply.

In this analysis, Ali Y. Adili breaks down why Pakistan's compellence strategy has failed to produce results and what it reveals about the limits of coercing a movement that has little to lose and much to gain from defiance.

In this analysis, Fawzia Ehsani traces how Pakistan's relationship with the Taliban has shifted from strategic asset to strategic liability, and what the consequences of that shift mean for regional security across South Asia.