This week we cover the deterioration of US-Venezuela relations in the wake of a US military strike on alleged drug traffickers; Fitch downgrading France sovereign debt to the lowest rating on record; a new government in Nepal after a wave of deadly protests; and signs of destabilization along the Afpak frontier.

Examining the historical and geopolitical factors driving increased extremism in Pakistan.

Conventional assessments of the Pashtunwali social code and the history of the Pashtun region tend to overlook the geopolitical and colonial factors that fueled the rise of terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Amid mounting economic and military pressure, Pakistan is staring down an existential crisis.

Pakistan’s Balochistan insurgency has become more lethal, widespread, and varied over the course of 2022.

Was the targeting of China’s ambassador a coincidence, or does it represent a change of tact on the part of the Pakistan Taliban?

What is behind the ongoing unrest in Pakistan’s Baluchistan region?

From its birth, the state of Pakistan has always been a work in process.

With a US pullout likely, regional players are scrambling to shore up their long-term interests in Afghanistan. This article examines the military and economic objectives driving Pakistan’s foreign policy there.

The attack in Karachi reflects animosity toward Chinese investment in Pakistan’s tribal regions. It may also be a sign of things to come.

Pakistan's state institutions have long nurtured religious fundamentalism, but sooner or later the chickens will come home to roost.

Millions of Pakistanis will head to the polls on July 25 to elect a new government, braving a wave of election-related violence across the country.

President Trump has ruled out negotiations with the Taliban just as a BBC study revealed the militant group’s sprawling presence over large swathes of Afghanistan.

President Trump has one of the United States’ most dysfunctional relationships in his crosshairs.