Threat to Pakistan’s Internal Security by The Islamic State of Khorasan
Abdul Basit
The Islamic State of Khorasan (ISK) – the formal franchise of Islamic State (IS) terrorist group – surfaced in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region in 2015. Since then, the...
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,...
NSP: A Giant Step Towards Pakistan’s Progress and Stability
Shahid Alvi
Pakistan’s National Security Policy (NSP) was made public by the government on January 14, 2022 and its public version consists of 48...
The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the future of the International Legal Order
Kamran Adil
While examining the nature of ‘international legal order’, the legal theorists have long been divided over its very existence. In international affairs, it comes under discussion episodically. Recent...
Reimagining Pak-U.S. Relations
Rabia Akhtar
Remarks on ‘Pakistan-U.S. Ties’ by Prof. Dr. Rabia Akhtar, Director CSSPR, University of Lahore, given at the Third Public Hearing of the...
Afghanistan: The Next Theatre in the U.S.-Iran Conflict
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
Since the momentous events of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, ties between Iran and the U.S. have followed a predictable pattern, typified by acrimony and recrimination....
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...
Whither the International System Post Balakot Escalation?
Khalid Banuri
A substantial amount of opinions and reflections has been made in print and electronic media about the incidents that took place in South Asia during the last two...
Pakistan Playing Down the Middle East
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery
For Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, a jam packed sports stadium outside Pakistan reverberating with chants for him, is nothing new. However, when such a thing...
Mapping Prospects and Roadblocks in the Afghan Peace Process
Rahimullah Yousafzai
Two positive developments in recent days have raised hopes after weeks of uncertainty that the implementation of the Taliban-U.S. peace deal signed in Doha, Qatar on February 29...
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Marty’s Oppenheimer
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“In some sort of crude sense which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the...