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The NPT PrepCom 2019 concluded on May 10 after two weeks of deliberations on nonproliferation challenges, aiming to pave the way for the NPT Review Conference (RevCon) in 2020. The...
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Pushing the Limits: Iran, the U.S. and the JCPOA
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Can Donald Trump’s Recent Nuclear Arms Control Initiatives be Implemented?
Vladimir Kozin
The U.S. President Donald Trump had a lengthy telecon with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on May 3, 2019, about the possibility of a “new nuclear agreement.” The...
Why New START Needs a New Start?
Ayesha Abbasi
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Explaining Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings
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On April 21, 2019, a series of suicide bombings devastated churches and hotels in SriLanka. Multiple sites within three different cities (Batticaloa in the east...
ICJ’s Decision on Kulbushan Jadhav Case
Waqas Iqbal
In February 2019, India and Pakistan engaged in a limited aerial battle marking the Pulwama crisis. But the hype of Pulwama crisis overshadowed another ongoing legal battle between...
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Tracing the Islamic State’s Threat
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The genesis of the Islamic State (ISIS), the world’s wealthiest and the strongest terrorist group, is traced back to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. When...
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