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What is security? In general terms, security is defined very broadly. It is often classified into four distinct areas: political, economic, social, and environmental. Although, all the dimensions...
CPEC’s Threat Matrix
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The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is fast being recognized as the flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The multi-billion dollars project has now become...
Iran in the Age of Multipolarity
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It can be argued that the demise of the US’ unipolar moment lay in the hastily ill-conceived ‘War on Terror’ in the wake of the World Trade Centre...
Marty’s Oppenheimer
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“In some sort of crude sense which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and...
Pakistan, GSP+, and the International Criminal Court
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Pakistan’s next tranche of GSP+, which allows for tariff-free trade to the European Union(EU), will now reportedly be contingent on its ratification...
Gilgit-Baltistan and the Geopolitics of the Third Pole
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The vast glaciers of the Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, and Pamirs, spreading across the highlands of Central and South Asia, are considered...
Strategic Stability Challenges in South Asia
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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,...
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In August 2019, the Prime Minister established the Strategic Policy Planning Cell (SPPC) in the National Security Division housed in the Prime Minister’s Office. The Division acts as the...
Regional Dynamics and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Challenges
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It may not be inappropriate to say that, next to defending the geographical frontiers of the state, formulation and practice of a...
The Growing Threat of Geopolitical and Sectarian Tensions in the Region
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The successful test launch of India's 'Agni Prime', a new-generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile, marks a significant advancement in...
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Recent trends indicate that the nature and conduct of war are transmuting as emerging technologies (ETs) have...