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The JCPOA and Biden’s Mounting Iran Challenge

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Hangor Day: A Glorious Reminiscence

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Nuclear Deterrence in the Middle East: Fact or Fable?

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India’s Strategic Paralysis & Counterforce Temptations

Rabia Akhtar India’s counterforce capabilities and deterrence equilibrium in South Asia is a subject which continues to agitate minds of strategic thinkers in the region and around the world. One...

Book Review | Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy

Book Title: Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy Author: Francis J. Gavin ISBN: 978-0-8157-3791-9 Publisher: Brookings Institution Press, 2020 Syed Ali Zia Jaffery  In the nuclear academy, Robert Jervis’ 1989 book titled “The...

Deepfakes, AI & Digital Soldiers: Challenges of Cross-Domain Coercion for Pakistan

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The Smokescreen of Indian Uranium Deficiency

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Pakistan and the Post-Covid World Order

Syed Rifaat Hussain  While it may seem premature to announce the end of COVID-19, all indications are that this pandemic has entered its terminal phase. Since its outbreak in Wuhan...

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