The Consequences of the Ukrainian Conflict on South Asia
Andrew Korybko
The latest stage of the Ukrainian conflict, which began with what Russia regards as its special military operation there but which Kiev...
Afghan Peace and the Prospects of Economic Connectivity
Andrew Korybko
The Doha Deal, the first phase of what the U.S. envisages to be a more comprehensive Afghan Peace Deal, promises a new era for the region if it...
Of Villains and Heroes: Role of Narratives in Conflicts
Rizwan Zeb
In Akira Kurosawa’s classic Rashomon, different characters narrate their perspective of the story. Vantage Point treats the plot and its execution in a similar way. The story of...
Pakistan at the UNGA: Invoking Multilateralism for its Security and Stability
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
Every year, the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) becomes a gala of international diplomacy in which all states vociferously tell allies, adversaries and the entire international community...
Pakistan and the International Politics of Labeling the States
Ahmed Waheed
If international narratives on Pakistan were to be believed, then Pakistan is a Weak State, a Failed State, a Garrison State, an Insecure State, a Fragile State, a...
India’s Arihant SSBN: Should China be Worried?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
The Sino-Indo rivalry is old and multidimensional. The two nuclear-armed titans have been instrumental in charting out the security architecture of the region. Nuclear deterrence features...
Arihant and Deterrence Stability: Why Pakistan Needs to Strengthen its Sea-based Deterrent
Yasir Hussain
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a series of tweets, termed India’s first indigenous ballistic-missile armed nuclear submarine (SSBN), Arihant’s maiden deterrence patrol as “historic”. PM Modi further added,...
The End of Atlanticism?
Tughral Yamin
At the time that the Cold War ended and the Berlin Wall came down, I found myself attending the German Staff Course in Hamburg. Overnight our course material...
Under the #Twitter @ Overhang Twitterflections from the Pulwama-Balakot Crisis
Salma Shaheen
Twitter has been very instrumental in escalating and de-escalating tensions during the Pulwama Crisis of 2019 between India and Pakistan which started after a young Kashmiri attacked Indian...
Lessons from Balakot
Salman Bashir
Pakistan needs to draw lessons post-Balakot attack on managing its security and foreign policy. The Indian attack on Balakot was an act of aggression. The drift in India-Pakistan...