Book Review |The Security Imperative: Pakistan’s Nuclear Deterrence and Diplomacy
Book Title: The Security Imperative: Pakistan's Nuclear Deterrence and Diplomacy
Author: Zamir Akram
ISBN: 9789692109178
Publisher: Paramount Books
The 20th Anniversary of South Asia’s Overt Nuclearisation
Najmuddin A. Shaikh
The month of May this year marked the completion of two decades since India and Pakistan carried out nuclear tests and made the South Asian sub-continent publicly...
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 revolutionized military strategies and tactics....
Russo-Pakistan Relations Post-Pulwama
Andrew Korybko
The Valdai Club, Russia’s most prestigious think tank, published a thought-provoking and visionary piece on Russian-Pakistani relations in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack and the latest round...
From Keystrokes to Conflicts: Safeguarding Pakistan’s Cyber Sovereignty
Nidaa Shahid
In an era dominated by innovative advancements in the technological and cyber domains, the concept of warfare has undergone a significant change....
Trump and Imran: Renewing U.S.- Pakistan Cooperation
A View from Islamabad
Ambassador Salman Bashir
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the U.S. has been an outstanding success. Given the icy frigidity in Pak-U.S. relations that preceded it, the...
India’s Afghan Isolation
Rupert Stone
India and Afghanistan have a close bond, exemplified by Rabindranath Tagore’s short story, Kabuliwala, about the friendship between a Pashtun fruit seller and an Indian girl in Calcutta....
Militarized Hindu Nationalism & Sino-Pakistan Options
Rabia Akhtar
Do ideas or beliefs play a role in state’s maneuvers in the international system? As a realist, I believe that states are inherently rational and are not guided...
Interview with Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Ambassador of Pakistan to Thailand
Amb. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad is Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand. A career diplomat, Amb. Asim Iftikhar has served at various important positions in the Foreign Office, Pakistan’s...
A Foot in the Door
A View from Islamabad
Khalid Banuri
The persistent ebb and flow in Pakistan’s bilateral relations with the United States has almost been a constant. From close contacts at the leadership level...
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