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Adil Sultan
The 2018 US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) that has once again increased the salience of low yield theatre or the tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) in the US military...
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US-Pakistan Relations Won’t Thrive, But They’ll Survive
Michael Kugelman
Washington and Islamabad aren’t bound to be besties. But they can still find ways to work together.
If there’s one truism about U.S. foreign relations, it’s that America is...
Building on the Nonproliferation Value of the Nuclear Deal with Iran
Kelsey Davenport
The nuclear deal negotiated between Iran and six countries known as the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) succeeded in resolving a...
Pakistan Census 2017: What does the data indicate?
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The NSS and the QCG: Sustainability for Afghanistan post 2017.
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The Trump administration’s national security strategy of 2017 with its South Asia section on page 50, prioritizes sustainable peace and stability in Afghanistan. The harsh wording against...
Book Review: NUCLEAR PAKISTAN Seeking Security and Stability
Edited by: Naeem Salik
Published by: The University of Lahore Press
The nuclearization of South Asia has merited a great deal of scholarship since the past two decades. Academic interests...
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