Articles By Ramtanu Maitra
Assessing ISIS’s Emergence as a Prime Threat in SAARC Countries
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 22 Feb , 2016
In recent days, the South Asian news media has been inundated with reports suggesting that terrorists aligned with the socalled Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are emerging in some member...
US Policy: Time to spell out a South Asia Policy
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 12 Feb , 2015
India is not sitting idle any longer and has begun to initiate moves to have its presence felt in the South Asian countries, barring Pakistan. Under the new administration led by Prime Minister...
US-Pakistan: The Drone Attacks
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 16 Sep , 2012
Since 2004, the United States has made hundreds of attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) controlled by the CIA’s Special Activities Division. Some...
Regional Implications: If and When the US withdraws from Afghanistan
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 02 Jul , 2012
Much more importantly, however, an answer to the question of what the U.S. endgame in Afghanistan will look like, and when it will happen, appears to have become more elusive than ever as a result...
Washington's Views of Sino-Pakistan Relations - II
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 11 Feb , 2012
Chinese Arming of Pakistan The first area of concern is Beijing’s help in arming Pakistan. According “China-Pakistan Relations,” a July 2010 article by Jamal Afridi and Jayshree Bajoria in...
Washington's Views of Sino-Pakistan Relations - I
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 10 Feb , 2012
In the recent period, relations between Washington and Islamabad have developed into a full-blown crisis. According to some analysts, the trust gap between these erstwhile allies has put a damper...
Jihadis will capture the Pak Military - IV
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 11 Nov , 2011
Ilyas Kashmiri, whose death in a 2011 U.S. missile attack still remains to be confirmed, founded Brigade 313, later an operational arm of al-Qaeda, within his jihadist organisation Harkat...
Jihadis will capture the Pak Military - III
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 10 Nov , 2011
Bringing the Taliban to Power By conducting a proxy-war on behalf of the Western nations and Saudi Arabia against the Soviet military, Pakistan morphed into a central hub that attracted a...
Jihadis will capture the Pak Military - II
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 08 Nov , 2011
Encouraging Sunni Militants: The Rise of Shia Iran There were still other factors in and around Pakistan that contributed to the transformations that Gartenstein-Ross addressed. For instance,...
Jihadis will capture the Pak Military - I
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 07 Nov , 2011
The military brass who have begun to embrace the jihadis may have other interests in mind, as well. For instance, Pakistan’s military has been in power, or directing those in power from its...
Osama's Death: Affect on US Policy towards Pak & Afghan - III
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 02 Sep , 2011
U.S.-Pakistan Relations: What to Expect It is likely that the killing of Osama bin Laden, which may trigger other developments within Pakistan and beyond, will allow Washington to set in place an...
Osama's Death: Affect on US Policy towards Pak and Afghan - II
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 01 Sep , 2011
Pakistan’s Response The U.S. lawmakers’ and population’s response to the Osama killing put both Islamabad and Rawalpindi—at least those who tacitly approved the operation, prior to it or...
Osama's Death: Affect on US Policy towards Pak & Afghan - I
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 31 Aug , 2011
The 2 May killing by U.S. Navy Seals of the notorious al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, at his residence next door to Pakistan’s principal military academy, Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), in...
Washington's failed policy towards Islamabad: The worst is yet to come - III
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Date: 17 Jun , 2011
Bickering on the Kerry-Lugar Bill : In early October 2009, the Obama administration moved to continue significant assistance to Pakistan but at the same time put it on a more transparent...
Washington's failed policy towards Islamabad: The worst is yet to come - II
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 16 Jun , 2011
The Ghosts at the Table: As these and other analy: sts’ views reflect, it has become evident that the U.S.-Pakistan relationship cannot be discussed without acknowledging the ghostlike presence...
Washington's failed policy towards Islamabad: The worst is yet to come - I
By: Ramtanu Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 15 Jun , 2011
One feels tempted to describe the recent years’ interactions between the United States and Pakistan in terms of the proverb of the tail wagging the dog. However, that would be inappropriate...