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Pakistan has been faced with the threat of terrorism for more than a decade. While violence has decreased in recent years, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliated...
Selective Activism: The Role of Pakistan’s Judiciary in Counterterrorism
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Sunderji Syndrome: Understanding India’s Conventional Military Modernization
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“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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The Uncertain Future of Arms Control Post-INF
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