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Ali Mustafa
The BASIC-ICCS Nuclear Responsibilities Approach and Toolkit provides a new way to tackle the challenges posed by nuclear weapons in the modern era. It offers a...
The Responsibility of Making the Global Nuclear Order More Secure: Thinking Beyond Conventional Risk...
Muhammad Shareh Qazi
Risk Reduction is defined in many ways, depending on how and in which context is being implemented. But a general consensus...
Gilgit-Baltistan and the Geopolitics of the Third Pole
Kashif Hussain
The vast glaciers of the Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, and Pamirs, spreading across the highlands of Central and South Asia, are considered...
India, Pakistan, and the Cyber-hygiene Problem: An Event Horizon in National Security?
Muhammad Shareh Qazi
From a malware attack on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India in 2019 to audio leaks from the office...
Central Intelligence Agency and Drone Warfare: Maintaining Dominance Over Afghanistan
Muhammad Shareh Qazi
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The Cyber Dimension of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict – Unpacking the Early Phase
Fahad Nabeel
Since gaining prominence during the 1999 Kosovo conflict, cyber attacks have now become part and parcel of modern-era conflicts, as evidenced by...
Short and Swift “Air War”: A Reality Check for India
Shahid Alvi
The Indian Air Force Chief, Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari recently discussed the possibility of a “short and swift war”. He said,...
The Geopolitics of Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis
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Sri Lanka is in the midst of the worst economic crisis since independence. Power shortages in some areas are lasting up to...
The Runaway Indian Missile: A Fact Sheet
Shahid Alvi
The launch and landing of India’s BrahMos missile deep inside Pakistani territory is a unique incident between the two nuclear-armed neighbours...
Realism and the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
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The Ukraine crisis has brought to the fore an age-old debate on the theory of realism. It attempts to assess...
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