Shazad Ali

<p>Shazad Ali is a Pakistani journalist. He writes on international affairs and security issues. He is pursuing an MPhil/PhD in European Studies and also serves as a member of the editorial board of V

India: jostling for geopolitical control in Afghanistan

Forecasts past the withdrawal of US and British forces in Afghanistan tend to prize fears of violence and instability spilling over into Pakistan, obscuring the country's vital importance to both India and China.

By Shazad Ali

/ 27 Mar 2014

Democracy in Pakistan: a wolf in sheep's clothing

In Pakistan, the west has always turned a blind eye to the civilian deployment of all the ingredients of dictatorship.

By Shazad Ali

/ 10 Feb 2012

Pakistan: next in line?

After Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has now turned its belligerent attention towards Pakistan. But opening up a new battlefront, this time in Pakistan, in the run-up to the presidential elections, will prove another quagmire for the Obama administration.

By Shazad Ali

/ 19 Dec 2011