Tarique Niazi
Tarique Niazi teaches Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. He specializes in Resource-based Conflicts. He may be reached via email: niazit@uwec.edu
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J-10: The New Cornerstone of Sino-Pakistani Defense Cooperation
China and Pakistan have forged a formidable partnership in high-tech defense production. This partnership is born of their ever-deepening military and strategic cooperation that is also reflective of the burgeoning...
Sino-Pakistani Relations Reach New Level After Zadari’s Visit
China and Pakistan have vowed to push their friendship to new heights (Daily Times, October 17) as the two nations are now exploring new summits in the economic partnership that...
The Taliban’s Turf War in South Waziristan
A deadly split has opened between the native Pashtun Taliban and non-native al-Qaeda-linked Uzbek militants in South Waziristan, a tribal agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan....
Troop Defections Threaten Pakistan’s Operations in Tribal Regions
At the end of February, Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pakistan to pressure Pervez Musharraf's government to crack down on insurgent activity on the border with Afghanistan. Cheney's visit has...
The Geostrategic Implications of the Baloch Insurgency
Pakistan continues to grapple with insurgent violence in its southwestern province of Balochistan, which is bounded by the country's tribal belt in the northwest, Afghanistan in the north and Iran...
After Bajaur Strike, Peace Deal with Agency Militants Still Ahead
On October 30, Pakistan bombed a religious school in Bajaur Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on the very day it was set to sign a peace deal...
Pakistan’s Peace Deal with Taliban Militants
On September 5, Pakistan signed a peace deal with "Taliban militants" in North Waziristan, where its military has been battling insurgents since 2004. Under the deal, military troops have now...
Assassination of Nawab Bugti Threatens to Escalate Pak-Baloch Tensions
On August 26, Pakistan killed one of its most prominent politicians, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, who was leading an armed struggle for greater autonomy over Balochistan's natural resource wealth (The...
Baloch Insurgents Escalate Attacks on Infrastructure
Since 2002, Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan has remained gripped by insurgent violence. In the last few months, this violence has increased in frequency and intensity. The favorite targets of...
Afghanistan and Pakistan Face Threat of Talibanization
The bilateral relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan remains frozen and is governed by the two countries' geopolitical rivalries, which have unwittingly helped Taliban militancy in the region. As a result,...
Thunder in Sino-Pakistani Relations
Since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1951, Sino-Pakistani relations have steadily deepened, and the two countries have never had a public disagreement over any bilateral, regional, or global issue....
Baluchistan in the Shadow of al-Qaeda
The sudden surge in violence in southern Afghanistan, which Kabul blames on Pakistan-based al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters, has thrust Baluchistan into the international spotlight (Dawn, January 21). Afghanistan's southeastern province...
Sino-Indian Rivalry for Pan-Asian Leadership
India and China are locked in a bitter struggle for Pan-Asian leadership in South, Southeast and Central Asia. Three regional economic and security organizations—South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),...
NEW CHALLENGES IN SINO-PAKISTANI RELATIONS
Sino-Pakistan relations have long thrived on military and strategic cooperation. Over time, this cooperation yielded economic dividends for Pakistan and public goodwill for China. Although military and strategic interests still...
The Ongoing Baluch Insurgency in Pakistan
On May 14, four bombs went off in Gwadar, a coastal town in Pakistan’s western province of Baluchistan, where around 500 Chinese engineers and workers are busy building a deep-sea...
CHINA’S MARCH ON SOUTH ASIA
China is steadily extending its reach into South Asia with its growing economic and strategic influence in the region. China's current trade volume with all South Asian nations reaches close...
GWADAR: CHINA’S NAVAL OUTPOST ON THE INDIAN OCEAN
Four months after the U.S. ordered its troops into Afghanistan to remove the Taliban regime, China and Pakistan joined hands to break ground in building a Deep Sea Port on...