Pakistan

Research and activites

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Livestreaming

Global Jihad 20 Years after 9/11

Auditorium

This seminar takes stock of the global jihadi movement 20 years after 9/11. Leading scholars will share their thoughts on the internal debates and divisions within the jihadi movement today.
DIIS Report

2018

China’s ‘development for stability’ Root Cause model faces challenges

An analysis of China’s engagement in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Xinjiang province
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2 August 2018

DIIS researcher receives prestigious European grant

A new research project will address the expanding dynamics behind Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in order to develop a new approach to containment
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DIIS Comment

2018

New conflict lines in Pakistan’s tribal areas

How the civil government and the military will handle the emerging tensions will determine the success of Pakistan’s counterterrorism policies in the Northwestern tribal areas.
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5 January 2018

'Guardians of God' receives honorable mention

Mona Sheikh’s book on the Pakistani Taliban excels in 'originality, significance and rigor'
Journal Article

2017

Islamic State Enters Al-Qaeda’s Old Hotbed: Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Web Article

2016

Why the Taliban embrace jihad

Mona Kanwal Sheikh on her impressions from meeting militants
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Book

2016

Why a researcher needs to eat mango with the Pakistani Taliban

In her new book, Mona Kanwal Sheikh describes her meeting with Pakistani militants
DIIS Working Paper

2016

The emergence of Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan

A view on the rivalries
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New archive

12 February 2016

New Taliban Communication Archive hosted by DIIS

The collection consists of unique communications material issued by the Pakistani Taliban
Book

2015

Counterinsurgency and counterterrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan

New book based on research from both Danish and Pakistani institutions
DIIS Report

2015

Governing Uranium in Pakistan

A dual search for energy and military security
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Video

21 May 2014

Public lecture: Talking with the Pakistani Taliban

Mona Kanwal Sheikh's public lecture at UC Berkeley
Journal Article

2014

The Price of Peace in Pakistan

Mona Kanwal Sheikh comments on the peace talks with the Taliban
Web Article

2013

Nawaz Sharif, the Army and the Taliban

Are there any reasons to worry?
Web Article

2013

Pakistan elections 2013: will policy win over patrimony?

Mona Kanwal Sheikh comments on the upcoming elections
DIIS Report

2013

New DIIS report: time to reconcile with the Taliban

Military pullout calls for debate on ensuring peace and stability in Afghanistan
DIIS Report

2012

How regional dynamics challenge Pakistan

New DIIS and Chatham House report
DIIS Report

2011

Afghanistan-Pakistan relations and politics

The role of India and the US
DIIS Report

2011

Deterrence counter-containment and competition

Iran's troubled relations to Afghanistan and Pakistan
DIIS Report

2010

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

Who or what are they?
DIIS Report

2010

Al-Qaida's strategic communication

The Salafist ideology of al-Qaida and how it finds it's way to the global news media
DIIS Comment

2011

Everybody hates Raymond: implications for the deep schisms within USA-Pakistan alliance

Everybody in Pakistan hates Raymond Davis, a CIA agent who on January 2011 killed two Pakistanis in the heart of Punjab. The incident exposes deep-seated divides in the US-Pak partnership. Agents like Raymond reflect an instrument of US policy that has gone awry in the Af-Pak region

Book Chapter

2019

Lessons from my Study of the Pakistani Taliban

Mona Kanwal Sheikh

Entering Religious Minds. London: Routledge
DIIS Report

2018

China's Engagement in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Xinjiang

Will China's Root Cause Model provide regional stability and security?

Lars Erslev Andersen & Yang Jiang

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Journal Article

2017

Islamic State Enters Al-Qaeda’s Old Hotbed: Afghanistan and Pakistan

Mona Kanwal Sheikh

Connections (Garmisch-Partenkirchen), 16

Read publication (external link)
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Web Article

2016

Different faces of Taliban Jihad

Mona Kanwal Sheikh

Read publication (external link)
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Book

2016

Guardians of God

Inside the Religious Mind of the Pakistani Taliban

Mona Kanwal Sheikh
DIIS Working Paper

2016

Islamic State Enters al-Qaeda's old hotbed

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Mona Kanwal Sheikh

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Book

2015

Counterinsurgency and counterterrorism

Sharing Experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Thomas Galasz Nielsen, David Vestenskov & Mahroona Hussain Syed
DIIS Report

2015

Governing Uranium in Pakistan

Maria Sultan, Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Mohmmad Riaz, Jamshed Hashmi, Jawad Hashmi, Asra Hassan, Malik A. Ellahi & Cindy Vestergaard

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Book Chapter

2014

Det pakistanske taleban vil genopfinde sig selv

Mona Kanwal Sheikh

Terrorisme og trusselsvurderinger. København: Danish Institute for International Studies

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DIIS Report

2013

Taliban talks

past present and prospects for the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan

Mona Kanwal Sheikh & Maja Touzari Greenwood

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Book Chapter

2013

Bottom-up Pakistan

bringing context and local culture into aid thinking

Mona Kanwal Sheikh

How the local matters. Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies

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Chapter

2013

Promoting democratic governance from below

Louise Riis Andersen

How the local matters. Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies

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DIIS Report

2013

Local actors and service delivery in fragile situations

Peter Albrecht

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DIIS Report

2013

How the local matters

democratization in Libya, Pakistan, Yemen and Palestine

Louise Riis Andersen

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DIIS Report

2012

Pakistan

Regional rivalries, local impacts

Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Farzana Shaikh & Gareth Price

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Working papers etc.

2012

Sectarianism and Conflict:

The View from Pakistan

Shehryar Fazli, Manni Crone, Mona Kanwal Sheikh

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DIIS Report

2011

Pakistan's future policy towards Afghanistan

a look at strategic depth, militant movements and the role of India and the US

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DIIS Report

2011

Strained alliances

Iran's troubled relations to Afghanistan and Pakistan

Janne Bjerre Christensen

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Thesis

2011

Guardians of God

Understanding the religious violence of Pakistan's Taliban

Mona Kanwal Sheikh
DIIS Report

2010

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan

An attempt to deconstruct the umbrella organization and the reasons for its growth in Pakistan's north-west

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DIIS Report

2010

Victim and Rebel

Al-Qaida's Salafist Rhetoric and the pittfalls of Anti-Terrorism

Lars Erslev Andersen

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Report

2006

UNDP Policy Support for Devolution Pakistan

Programme document for UNDP in Pakistan and Regional Office, Bangkok

Neil Anthony Webster & Henrik Fredborg Larsen

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DIIS Comment

2018

New conflict lines in Pakistan’s tribal areas

How the civil government and military will handle the emerging tensions will determine the success of Pakistan’s counterterrorism policies in the Northwestern tribal areas

Mona Kanwal Sheikh
DIIS Comment

2011

Everybody hates Raymond

implications for the deep schisms within USA-Pakistan alliance

Photo/illustration by Getmilitaryphotos / Shutterstock

Livestreaming

Global Jihad 20 Years after 9/11

Auditorium

This seminar takes stock of the global jihadi movement 20 years after 9/11. Leading scholars will share their thoughts on the internal debates and divisions within the jihadi movement today.
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

2 August 2018

DIIS researcher receives prestigious European grant

A new research project will address the expanding dynamics behind Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in order to develop a new approach to containment
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

5 January 2018

'Guardians of God' receives honorable mention

Mona Sheikh’s book on the Pakistani Taliban excels in 'originality, significance and rigor'
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

New archive

12 February 2016

New Taliban Communication Archive hosted by DIIS

The collection consists of unique communications material issued by the Pakistani Taliban
Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright license

Video

21 May 2014

Public lecture: Talking with the Pakistani Taliban

Mona Kanwal Sheikh's public lecture at UC Berkeley

DIIS Experts

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Mona Kanwal Sheikh

Global security and worldviews

Head of unit, Senior researcher

+45 4089 0476

mosh@diis.dk