Book Review | India’s Surgical Strike Stratagem: Brinkmanship and Response
Author:Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
ISBN: 978-969-23370-0-7
Ahmed Saeed Minhas
The book, ‘India’s Surgical Strike’s Stratagem: Brinkmanship and Response’ has been authored by one of Pakistan’s ace nuclear South Asia scholars, Zafar Nawaz...
Afghanistan’s Election Could Do More Harm Than Good
Rupert Stone
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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...
Indo-Pacific Geopolitics: Power, Presence, and Partnerships
Rabia Akhtar
https://asia.fes.de/news/geopolitical-competition-indo-pacific
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2019: The Year that Russia’s South Asian “Balancing” Act became Unbalanced
Andrew Korybko
2019 will be remembered as the year that Russia’s South Asian “ balancing” act finally became unbalanced. Everything started off promising enough as Moscow continued its policy of...
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The typical non-state terrorism indiscriminately targeting the civilians erupted in Pakistan following the US invasion of Afghanistan during October 2001. It was predominantly sectarian prior to this war....
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Book Review | The Blind Eye: U.S. Non-Proliferation Policy Towards Pakistan From Ford to...
Author : Rabia Akhtar
ISBN:978-969-7813-01-8
Publisher: University of Lahore Press, 2018
Syed Rifaat Hussain
Both as a dominant global power and as a leader of the Western world, United States has been among...
Hangor Day: A Glorious Reminiscence
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