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...
Afghanistan’s Election Could Do More Harm Than Good
Rupert Stone
Afghans went to the polls on September 28 to vote in their country’s fourth presidential election since 2001. The election, which had been delayed twice already, may not...
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...
High Stakes for Ankara in Syria
Qadir Khan Yousafzai
America had announced its troop withdrawal from the Middle East at the pretext of defeating ISIS however, we see that it has further entangled itself in the...
Imran Khan’s visit to the U.S. and its impact on Sino-Pakistan ties
A View from China
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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan made his maiden visit to the U.S. on 21-23 July 2019. During his stay in Washington, he addressed a jubilant...
Japan’s key role in implementing the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision
Sayuri Romei
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe first revealed the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) policy during his keynote address at the International Conference on African Development in Nairobi in...
U.S.-Iran Tensions: The Ambit of the Iranian Response
Huma Baqai
The war of words is already in full swing between Washington and Tehran, coupled with dangerous armed mobilization. Washington has sought NATO’s help to build anti-Tehran coalition, which...
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