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Assistant Professor Sharad Joshi publishes article: “How Terrorist Actors in Pakistan Use Nuclear Weapons for Political Influence,” in the journal, Asian Security.
This article expands on the current research on nuclear terrorism by investigating how terrorist actors seek to capitalize on the nuclear weapons discourse in a country to gain domestic political influence. It focuses on the rhetorical use of nuclear weapons issues by some terrorist actors in Pakistan (Lashkar-e-Taiba, and the Pakistani Taliban) who are increasingly participating in the nuclear discourse for political influence to help transform themselves into mainstream political actors. They portray themselves as the champions of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons against perceived threats from external actors, especially the United States, and aim to push Pakistani nuclear policy toward an Islamist and jihadist ideological framework.
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Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) Director Jason Blazakis recently published an article on Lawfare titled “Pakistan’s Proxies: The Kashmir Attack and U.S. Policy Response”. In this article he weighs in on who could have attacked the Indian military convoy and how U.S. policy makers can de-escalate India and Pakistan relations.
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CTEC Director Jason Blazakis was quoted by Nepali’s Khabarhub’s “U.S. ‘won’t change’ its stance on Prachanda.”
In this article he states how “the decision to delist [CPN-Maoists] should be not be viewed as U.S. acceptance for the group’s terrorist past and violence misdeeds.”
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Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) Director Jason Blazakis recently spoke with Metro newspaper to discuss Hamza Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.
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