Selective Activism: The Role of Pakistan’s Judiciary in Counterterrorism
Sahar Khan
Pakistan’s Supreme Court is known for its activism. In February 2018, the Supreme Court banned former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from leading the Pakistan Muslim League–N (PML–N) and reversed...
Pushing the Limits: Iran, the U.S. and the JCPOA
Cheryl Rofer
In May 2018, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israeli intelligence had stolen an archive of material on nuclear weapon research from Iran. Since then the Israelis have turned...
Militarization of Artificial Intelligence
Shaza Arif
Artificial Intelligence is very difficult to define, however the most elementary way of defining it would be: To program machines in such a way that their efficiency surpasses...
Appraising Operation Sunrise – Challenges in Counter Terrorism
Salma Malik
The month of July holds a special significance in Pakistan’s complex war against militancy and terrorism. A decade and a year back, the sitting regime of general Pervez...
Troubled Path to the NPT RevCon 2020
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The NPT PrepCom 2019 concluded on May 10 after two weeks of deliberations on nonproliferation challenges, aiming to pave the way for the NPT Review Conference (RevCon) in 2020. The...
The Beginning of the End of the Syrian War
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With Western and Gulf Arab powers investing hundreds of billions of dollars into toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power, it seems that the tragic war that has...
Why New START Needs a New Start?
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John F. Kennedy said, “leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” The arms control regime is presently in a downward spiral mainly because the leaders are no...
Nuclear Strategy, Regional Nuclear Powers, and Washington’s Proliferation Woes
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International Humanitarian Law, Kashmir and Legal CBMs
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Tracing the Islamic State’s Threat
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The genesis of the Islamic State (ISIS), the world’s wealthiest and the strongest terrorist group, is traced back to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. When...
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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...
Book Review |Subcontinent Adrift: Strategic Futures of South Asia
Book Title: Subcontinent Adrift: Strategic Futures of South Asia
Author: Feroz Hassan Khan
ISBN: 9781621966487
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