The Militant Landscape, Tactics & Pakistan’s War on Terror
Amira Jadoon
Pakistan may have joined the U.S. war on terror under pressure, but today it is imperative that the country takes complete ownership of its fight against domestic terrorism....
Pakistan Post 9/11: Seventeen Years of War, Death & Hate
Rabia Akhtar
‘Move away, get away from here. Hurry. Clear the area. There is a bomb here.’ A guy wearing a bomb suit shouts as he makes his way to...
Three Routes to Pakistan’s Containment by India and the US
Andrew Korybko
The US-Indian Strategic Partnership aims to “contain” Pakistan in three ways that go beyond the conventional model of fomenting instability within its borders.
One of the centerpieces of 21st...
Inter-State Rivalries: A Perpetual Cause of Instability in South Asia
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
A diverse set of countries constitutes the South Asian region. In close proximity to Central Asia and the Middle East, the South Asian region is strategically...
Persistent Conflict between NWSs: South Asia vs the Korean Peninsula
Christoph Bluth
It has been a long-standing axiom in International Relations that nuclear powers do not go to war with each other. This belief is particularly strong among advocates of...
From Badr-1 to PRSS-1: Pakistan’s Journey into Space
Ahmad Khan
Pakistan’s premier space agency, SUPARCO made 200 million plus Pakistanis proud once it launched a remote-sensing (PRSS-1) satellite and a technology evaluation satellite (PakTES-1A) on July 9, 2018....
Making Sense of TTP’s Terrorism in Pakistan
Shahzad Akhtar
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...
Whither the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at 50?
Tariq Rauf
Fifty years ago, on 1 July 1968, the landmark Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) opened for signature concurrently in London, Moscow and Washington. The NPT...
Terrorism over the Internet
Talal Raza
In Pakistan, the internet penetration is rising with the passage of time. Freedom House reports that as of 2017, internet penetration stands at 15.5%. According to an estimate,...
Pakistan’s New Role Between China and Europe: Opportunities and Challenges of China’s Silk Road...
Sardar Masood Khan
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of which the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a flagship project, is a global wave. The initiative covers 68 countries, 62...
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Agni-Prime: Read P for Pakistan
The successful test launch of India's 'Agni Prime', a new-generation nuclear-capable ballistic missile, marks a significant advancement in...
Mapping the Challenges to Pakistan’s Geoeconomic Pivot
Afeera Firdous
In January 2022, Pakistan's National Security Division (NSD) launched the country’s first-ever National Security Policy (NSP), marking...
Navigating Pakistan’s Security Challenges Through Emerging Technologies
Bilal Ghazanfar
Recent trends indicate that the nature and conduct of war are transmuting as emerging technologies (ETs) have...