Publication

This report details 1) Pakistan’s post-2014 efforts to create a national security policy that will blunt the influence of terrorist and militant groups within the country, and 2) the impact civil-military relations are having on the process. As the report’s author sees it, the imbalance of power between political institutions, civil entities and the military is responsible for the dubious counterterrorism and militancy efforts we’ve seen in Pakistan thus far. To resolve the problem, the first two constituencies must play a “more active, coordinated and informed role” in defining the country’s national security strategy.