Afghanistan: The Next Theatre in the U.S.-Iran Conflict
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
Since the momentous events of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, ties between Iran and the U.S. have followed a predictable pattern, typified by acrimony and recrimination....
Sunderji Syndrome: Understanding India’s Conventional Military Modernization
Muhammad Sharreh Qazi
“Dreams of ‘disarming first strikes’ leading to the temptation to ‘go first’ and the consequent instability of Small Nuclear Power equations are think-tank myths”
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Creating an Ecosystem of RMB in Pakistan
Lu Yang
China has become Pakistan’s largest trading partner, largest country of origin of imports, largest foreign direct investor and the third largest export destination, while Pakistan has become China’s...
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...
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...
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...
Was Kargil a Nuclear Crisis?
Rizwan Zeb
In his paper documenting US’ diplomacy during the Kargil conflict, Bruce Riedel claimed that the Americans had reports that Pakistan was preparing its nuclear missiles for a possible...
Of Irresponsibility and War-Fighting: India’s No, First Use Doctrine
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
In the midst of mounting tensions between nuclear-armed rivals, India and Pakistan, apprehensions about deterrence stability on the Sub-Continent have risen. Days after the start of...
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...
Mutual Vulnerability and Risk Reduction in South Asia
Hannah Haegeland
The current state of affairs in Kashmir and resulting heightening of India-Pakistan tensions provide daily examples of escalation risks. Since 1998, the low-probability, high-cost risk of escalation across...
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In the complex tapestry of South Asian geopolitics, the Iran-Pakistan (IP) Gas Pipeline project stands out as...