India’s Arihant SSBN: Should China be Worried?
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
The Sino-Indo rivalry is old and multidimensional. The two nuclear-armed titans have been instrumental in charting out the security architecture of the region. Nuclear deterrence features...
Arihant and Deterrence Stability: Why Pakistan Needs to Strengthen its Sea-based Deterrent
Yasir Hussain
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a series of tweets, termed India’s first indigenous ballistic-missile armed nuclear submarine (SSBN), Arihant’s maiden deterrence patrol as “historic”. PM Modi further added,...
Defeating TTP: An Appraisal of Pakistan’s Counterinsurgency Operations
Shahzad Akhtar
The insurgency by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan was crushingly defeated by the Pakistani military. The TTP’s stronghold in Bajaur...
US-Pakistan Relations: The Search for a Middle Ground
Saira Yamin
Relations between the United States and Pakistan have soured considerably in 2018. A recurring exchange of flustered tweets by statesmen on both sides suggests that they may be...
Cultural Dynamics, Insider Threat and Nuclear Security
Zeeshan Shahid Khan
Insider threat has been one of the most dangerous security concerns for all organizations whether in the commercial world or dealing with national & international security. However,...
The Uncertain Future of Arms Control Post-INF
Waqas Iqbal
The advent of nuclear weapons has not only transformed the dynamics of world politics but also added new concepts in the fields of International Relations and International Law....
US Withdrawal from the INF & Future of the Non-Proliferation Regime
Moiz Khan
One after the other, Trump administration has been leaving international organisations, breaking deals and withdrawing from international arms control treaties. The list includes, US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific...
The Geopolitics of Sri Lanka’s Crisis
Kashif Hussain
On October 26, 2018, Sri Lankan President, Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sirisena also dissolved the legislature and called for...
The Beginning of the End of the Syrian War
Paul Antonopoulos
With Western and Gulf Arab powers investing hundreds of billions of dollars into toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power, it seems that the tragic war that has...
Interview with Puruesh Chaudhary : Pakistan State of Future Index “Anticipating 2027”
Puruesh Chaudhary is a futures researcher and strategic narrative professional. She has a professional master’s degree in International Negotiation and Policymaking from Institut De Hautes Études Internationales Et Du Développement,...
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Himalayan Harmony: The Evolving Geopolitics of the Sino-Indo Border
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In the shared Himalayan border region between China and India, change is coming. After six decades of...