Deepfakes, AI & Digital Soldiers: Challenges of Cross-Domain Coercion for Pakistan
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Let’s begin by asking a question: Why would ANY state not want to achieve capabilities where it could advance its strategic interests by evading attribution or risk of...
Blockchain: Myth Busters for Pakistani Regulators
Najeeb Zaidi
Background
There is a need to bust the myth and anxiety around the buzz-word ‘Blockchain’. This applies to all and sundry because we are divorcing ourselves from its great...
Selective Activism: The Role of Pakistan’s Judiciary in Counterterrorism
Sahar Khan
Pakistan’s Supreme Court is known for its activism. In February 2018, the Supreme Court banned former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from leading the Pakistan Muslim League–N (PML–N) and reversed...
Book Review I UN Peacekeeping Operations in Somalia 1992- 1995: A Pakistani...
Author : Dr. Tughral Yamin
Publisher: Paramount Books (PVT.) Ltd.
YEAR: 2019
ISBN: 978-969-637-522-7
Ailiya Naqvi
Shouldering a Huge and Dangerous Load for the UN :Assessing Pakistan's Critical Role in Somalia
“I assure you that any U.S....
Come September: Holding Stakeholders Responsible for the Chaos in Afghanistan
Rabia Akhtar
Exploring Competing Regional Interests
Before we explore potential openings in the competing interests of South and Central Asian neighbors that Afghanistan has, we need to know whether Afghanistan itself...
Looking into Africa’s Future: Opportunities, Challenges and The Way Forward
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Africa is a naturally gifted continent with huge untapped resources, something that might have been one of the reasons for its colonization between 1870s and 1900s by European...
Pakistan-Africa Relations: Appraisal and Future Prospects
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Pakistan-Africa Relations
Pakistan’s relations with many African countries date back to their respective independence movements. Pakistan supported both morally and materially countries such as Algeria, Kenya, Sudan, Zimbabwe,...
Militarization of Artificial Intelligence
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The Inevitability of the Emerging Nuclear Tetraplex
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The architecture is currently grappling with a range of multifaceted challenges due to the intricate strategic chain connecting several key countries....
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