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AMAN-21, Pakistan Navy, and the Narrative of Peace
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With the increasing reliance of countries on Indian Ocean trade routes due to the rising energy needs, non-traditional maritime threats have increased tremendously. To combat these threats, states-led...
Pakistan’s Continuing FATF Misery
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Nuclear India: An Agent Provocateur in South Asia
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UNSC’s Report and Pakistan’s TTP Challenge
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Use of force and the threat thereof has been the predominant theme in U.S.- Iran relations since the Iran hostage crisis of 1979. The future trajectory of...
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