Pakistan-China Cooperation and India’s Strategic Anxiety
Rabia Akhtar
The issue of strategic stability in South Asia is a trilemma between Pakistan, India, and China, not just a dilemma between India...
Data Dilemma
Ramiz Ayaz Malik
To know and be informed is human nature and nothing can ever satisfy this particular need and want of knowing and being informed more. We are always...
Rebranding Nuclear Disarmament: Assessing Role and Impact of The Nuclear Ban Treat
Sitara Noor
International efforts to achieve global nuclear disarmament are as old as the nuclear weapons development. The United Nations General Assembly’s first resolution in 1946 established a commission to...
Dissecting the Taliban’s Rapprochement with India
Rupert Stone
In June 2022, the Indian government announced the reopening of its embassy in Kabul. To many, this came as a surprise. Weren’t...
The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and the International Law
Kamran Adil
While political analysis rules the analytical plane in International Relations; it leads to inchoate assessments.The point of departure in the debate surrounding purported withdrawal of the US from...
Security & Conflict – Developing a Gender Lens
Salma Malik
Looking back in history, the last decade of the Cold War was a very happening time. As the curtain slowly drew on the Cold War, the world theatre...
Troubled Path to the NPT RevCon 2020
Sitara Noor
The NPT PrepCom 2019 concluded on May 10 after two weeks of deliberations on nonproliferation challenges, aiming to pave the way for the NPT Review Conference (RevCon) in 2020. The...
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...
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: An International Law Perspective
Ayesha Malik
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has now lasted for over 100 days. The war is not going particularly well for either side; Russia still...
Pakistan’s Enduring TTP Woes
Shahzad Akhtar
In a February 6 attack, five Pakistani soldiers were killed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) in Kurram district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. In...