UNSC’s Report and Pakistan’s TTP Challenge
Tehmina Aslam Ranjha
On February 3, 2021, pursuant to Resolutions 1526 (2004) and 2253 (2015), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) issued its twenty-seventh report on terrorism. The report acknowledged...
The Taliban and Afghanistan’s Gordian Knot
Qadir Khan Yousafzai
The inveterate depredation in Afghanistan has been a costly affair for all stakeholders and those involved in conflict-resolution efforts. The resolution of the decades-long Afghan quagmire...
Indian General Elections 2019
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The Russo-Indian Partnership & the Changing Balance of Power in Eurasia
Andrew Korybko
Russia and India's "global partnership" is tilting the balance of power in Eurasia against China as Moscow opens up doors for New Delhi in the Arctic, Northeast Asia,...
Deciphering Iran’s Hypersonic Ambitions
Tajwer Shamsi
On June 06, 2023, Iranian state media reported a ceremony hosted by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi which unveiled ‘Fattah’, Iran’s first hypersonic...
Fifth Generation Warfare and the Challenges for Pakistan
Shafaat Ullah Shah
“For the present, we are at war and do not grasp the dimensions of the conflict.”
Ralph Peters
The term Fifth-Generation War has become a favorite acronym in Pakistan...
China: The Next Global Mediator?
Nidaa Shahid
A week after being re-elected as the President of China, Xi Jinping, in a historic move, stepped in to play the role...
Scrapping of Iran Nuclear Deal and North Korean Denuclearization: Implications for the Non-proliferation regime
Nazir Hussain
The global non-proliferation regime is under severe stress and strain due to unprecedented happenings around the world – unilateral US scrapping of the Iranian nuclear deal, the supposed...
Blockchain: Myth Busters for Pakistani Regulators
Najeeb Zaidi
Background
There is a need to bust the myth and anxiety around the buzz-word ‘Blockchain’. This applies to all and sundry because we are divorcing ourselves from its great...
Erdoğan’s Road to Victory
Birol Başkan & Ömer Taşpınar
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's victory in May’s election has surprised many a person. That was not supposed to have happened....
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Agni-Prime: Read P for Pakistan
The successful test launch of India's 'Agni Prime', a new-generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile, marks a significant advancement in...
Mapping the Challenges to Pakistan’s Geoeconomic Pivot
Afeera Firdous
In January 2022, Pakistan's National Security Division (NSD) launched the country’s first-ever National Security Policy (NSP), marking...
Navigating Pakistan’s Security Challenges Through Emerging Technologies
Bilal Ghazanfar
Recent trends indicate that the nature and conduct of war are transmuting as emerging technologies (ETs) have...