Is Pakistan Ready for the Nuclear Suppliers Group?
Sameer Ali Khan
The discussions over extension of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership to non-NPT Nuclear Weapon States (NWSs) tend to overly focus on differing perspectives on the criteria. This...
Tracing the Islamic State’s Threat
Qadir Khan Yousafzai
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...
Pakistan and the Post-Covid World Order
Syed Rifaat Hussain
While it may seem premature to announce the end of COVID-19, all indications are that this pandemic has entered its terminal phase. Since its outbreak in Wuhan...
The Rafale Factor and Options for the PAF
Air Cdre Jamal Hussain (Retd)
The setback suffered by the IAF at the hands of its arch-rival the PAF on 27 February 2019, has led to serious introspection by the...
Pakistan’s Place in a Changing World
Moeed Yusuf
The Evolving Global Order
The world has moved from its unipolar moment into multipolarity; China has arrived; Russia has resurged; and the era of singular U.S. dominance is over....
Trump’s Afghan Quagmire
Rupert Stone
It has now been several months since President Donald Trump promulgated his new strategy for the US war in Afghanistan. So far, his approach has failed to roll...
Changing Dynamics of Air Warfare in South Asia
Kaiser Tufail
The Balakot strike by IAF on 26 February 2019, and PAF’s ‘Swift Retort’ a day later, can be considered watershed events in modern aerial warfare. Though the IAF...
International Humanitarian Law, Kashmir and Legal CBMs
Taimur Malik
Pakistan and India came close to a war once again at the end of February 2019; a war that would have led to suffering, destruction and economic distress...
The Extended Nuclear Deterrence Problem in the Age of AI
Rabia Akhtar
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has put the spotlight on the ominous specter of nuclear weapons and their potentially horrifying...
Realism and the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Nahl Ishtiaq and Attaullah
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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The Extended Nuclear Deterrence Problem in the Age of AI
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The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has put the spotlight on the ominous specter of nuclear...
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Since the dawn of the Internet era, the role of digital media platforms during crises, conflicts, and...
Marty’s Oppenheimer
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“In some sort of crude sense which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the...