The Quantum Race: Quantum Technologies for National Security
Ji Yeon-jung
Global powers are now shifting their attention to acquire strategic technology for future warfare. The quantum technologies that are critical to securing strategic dominance are opening a new...
Investigating Subcontinental Crises
Sameer Lalwani & Hannah Haegeland
Nearly two decades after the last bilateral conflict at Kargil, India-Pakistan tensions simmer amidst continued instability in Kashmir and ongoing terror attacks perceived by India...
CPEC & The War of Perceptions
Eram Ashraf
The China Pakistan Economic Corridor is now approaching the end of its first phase, with many projects involving infrastructure and energy needs near completion. Talks have already begun...
Creating an Ecosystem of RMB in Pakistan
Lu Yang
China has become Pakistan’s largest trading partner, largest country of origin of imports, largest foreign direct investor and the third largest export destination, while Pakistan has become China’s...
Appraising Operation Sunrise – Challenges in Counter Terrorism
Salma Malik
The month of July holds a special significance in Pakistan’s complex war against militancy and terrorism. A decade and a year back, the sitting regime of general Pervez...
Trump Misses, Rouhani Hits: Calling the Curtains on JCPOA
Sina Azodi
Never Interfere with Your Enemy When He is Making a Mistake.
After months of speculation, President Trump finally announced his controversial decision last month to unilaterally withdraw the United...
Mapping Pakistan’s Strategic Challenges and Options
Mansoor Ahmed
Pakistan is sometimes referred to as a ‘crisis state,’ which has been beset with unrelenting challenges, but has largely been resilient and has succeeded in navigating through them....
Military Technologies, Fifth Generation Warfare and Policy Implications for Pakistan
Najeeb Zaidi
It is trendy to give generational classifications to warfare based on technological changes. However, warfare has always been hybrid and has constantly been shaped by that generation’s technological...
Strategic Stability Challenges in South Asia
Syed Rifaat Hussain
Stability is a contested intellectual construct with no consensus on its precise meaning. As noted by Patrick A. McCarthy, “it is overly simplistic and, more than that,...
Pakistan’s Modi Dilemma
Rifaat Hussain
By winning a clear majority in the Indian general elections held last month, the NDA coalition led by Bhartia Janta Party (BJP) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has...
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Since the momentous events of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, ties between Iran and the U.S. have followed a predictable pattern,...
Sunderji Syndrome: Understanding India’s Conventional Military Modernization
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Pakistan’s Mediation Challenge in the Middle East
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The current turmoil in the Middle East predates the recent developments in the region. Home to several Arab countries that are closely knit...