India, Russia and the S-400 Deal
Rupert Stone
In early October, President Putin of Russia visited New Delhi for his annual summit with India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and signed a number of deals. Most controversially,...
Pakistan and the Post-Covid World Order
Syed Rifaat Hussain
While it may seem premature to announce the end of COVID-19, all indications are that this pandemic has entered its terminal phase. Since its outbreak in Wuhan...
The Responsibility of Making the Global Nuclear Order More Secure: Thinking Beyond Conventional Risk...
Muhammad Shareh Qazi
Risk Reduction is defined in many ways, depending on how and in which context is being implemented. But a general consensus...
Fifth Generation Warfare and the Challenges for Pakistan
Shafaat Ullah Shah
“For the present, we are at war and do not grasp the dimensions of the conflict.”
Ralph Peters
The term Fifth-Generation War has become a favorite acronym in Pakistan...
Book Review: Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
South Asia has been prone to crises ever since the inception of India and Pakistan. This volatile theatre has been vitiated as both countries have gone...
Interview with Dr. Adil Najam, Dean of the Pardee School of Global Affairs...
Climate and Security:
“Water is Pakistan’s Biggest Security Challenge”
Prof. Adil Najam is the founding Dean of Boston University’s School of International Affairs, the Pardee School. He was the former Vice...
Attack on Pulwama in Kashmir: Who was the Perpetrator?
Najmuddin A. Shaikh
It appears that both Pakistan and India have moved away from the brink of a catastrophic confrontation between the two nuclear armed states. Ambassadors have returned to...
“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,...
India’s Bloc Politics: A Challenge for the SCO
Mobeen Jafar Mir and Maryyum Masood
The West is apprehensive about the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s expansion into a formidable regional organization in Eurasia,...
Af-Pak Cooperation & The Rise of IS in Khorasan
Hamzah Rifaat Hussain
It was election year in Pakistan and the Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf has formed the government in the center. The change of guard notwithstanding, the relationship between Kabul...
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