Deterrence Stability in South Asia: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Amina Afzal
India and Pakistan’s seaward nuclearization has received great scholarly attention off late. The thrust of recent literature on the issue focuses on whether an at-sea deterrent has bolstered...
Orphans and Castaways – Legacy of the U.S. Exodus from Afghanistan
Salma Malik
As the eventual date for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is now just around the corner, the reality that this...
Responsibility and Deterrence in South Asia
Salma Shaheen
The notion of responsibility is the new black in the emerging nuclear world order that predominantly aims at reducing nuclear arsenal and minimizing their salience in security policies...
Indian ASAT Capability and its impact on South Asian Strategic Stability
Ahmed Saeed Minhas
The 27th of March 2019, will be remembered as an important day in the proliferation history of the outer space arena. On this fateful day, India tested...
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...
Review Report: CPEC, A Transformation in Motion
Rabia Akhtar
Recently, ace China watcher, Andrew Small, authored report on the current status of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC). At a time when geo-economics is challenging the preponderance of geopolitics,...
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....
Defeating TTP: An Appraisal of Pakistan’s Counterinsurgency Operations
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The insurgency by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan was crushingly defeated by the Pakistani military. The TTP’s stronghold in Bajaur...
Rationalizing Pakistan’s Quest for a Sea-based Deterrent Force
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On 9th January, 2017, Pakistan test fired a sea-variant of Babur cruise missile, with a range of 450 km, from an underwater movable platform. The ISPR Press...
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It was on September 11, 2001, that the event known as 9/11 took place. On this date, three buildings, WTC1, WTC 2 and WTC 7, located in the...
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