India’s Low Nuclear Threshold
Sameer Ali Khan
Revision of the Indian No First Use (NFU) of nuclear weapons policy has been under significant discussion since 2014 once BJP announced its intent to review and...
Raffaello Pantucci, “We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain’s Suburban Terrorists” (UK: Hurst...
Amna Ejaz Rafi
We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain’s Suburban Terrorists is written by Raffaello Pantucci. Raffaello is Director, International Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute for Defence...
The Lingering Uncertainty in Indian Illegally Occupied Kashmir
Madiha Shakil Khan
On August 5, 2019, India abrogated the special status of its illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir when it passed the...
The Crisis in Caracas
Hamzah Rifaat Hussain
What has unfolded in Venezuela over the past few months is quite remarkable. Soaring inflation, chronic unemployment and pervasive corruption have emboldened the opposition to Nicolas Maduro’s...
Africa in Search of Stability and Development: Challenges and Opportunities
Muhammad Ali
Since the turn of the 21st century, the world has refocused its attention on Africa’s attempts to deal with the challenges of national, regional and global security. There...
“Let’s get rid of all these things”: Europe and the end of the INF...
Giordana Pulcini
The demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, sanctioned in early February by the US and Russia’s announcement that they will suspend their obligations under the pact,...
Will Africa’s Long-Serving Leaders Survive the People-Power Wave?
Swaib K Nsereko
Two long-serving African leaders were shaken late December 2018 and early January 2019. They are president Omar Hassan al-Bashir and president Ali Bongo of Sudan and Gabon...
Creating an Ecosystem of RMB in Pakistan
Lu Yang
China has become Pakistan’s largest trading partner, largest country of origin of imports, largest foreign direct investor and the third largest export destination, while Pakistan has become China’s...
Iran-US Standoff: Time for Stakeholders to Show Statesmanship
Asif Durrani
After U.S. announcement of ending exemptions for Iranian oil exports to eight countries last month, the situation in the Middle East has plunged into gross uncertainty. There have...
SCO Summit 2022: A Pakistani Perspective
Fazal Elahi Bilal
The 22nd summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's heads of states took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 15–16, against the...