Nuclear Weapons

Balakot, Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence

Syed Ali Zia Jaffery The induction of nuclear weapons in South Asia has given primacy to the concept of deterrence in the strategic discourse between arch-rivals, India and Pakistan. Bilateral...
Suicide

Security Predicated On Suicide: Two Decades In Armageddon’s Shadow

Ilhan Niaz The first episode of the 1980s BBC comedy Yes Prime Minister (“The Grand Design”), sees James Hacker, having manipulated his way to the premiership, wrestle with the contradictions...
Counterinsurgency

Defeating TTP: An Appraisal of Pakistan’s Counterinsurgency Operations

Shahzad Akhtar 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...

Mapping India’s Project Akhand Bharat

Saima Aman Sial India’s rapid drift towards extremism, as evidenced by the alarming rise of Hindu nationalism at home and irredentist proclivities in...
PRSS-1

From Badr-1 to PRSS-1: Pakistan’s Journey into Space

Ahmad Khan Pakistan’s premier space agency, SUPARCO made 200 million plus Pakistanis proud once it launched a remote-sensing (PRSS-1) satellite and a technology evaluation satellite (PakTES-1A) on July 9, 2018....

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...

Erdoğan’s Road to Victory

Birol Başkan & Ömer Taşpınar Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's victory in May’s election has surprised many a person. That was not supposed to have happened....
Afghan Taliban

U.S. Comes to Pakistan to Break the Afghan-Taliban Stalemate

Rahimullah Yousafzai President Donald Trump never ceases to cause a surprise by changing track and taking a new position on important issues. He did this recently by writing a letter...
Blockchain

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...

Developing Regional Consensus on Security

Umair Jamal  The rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Afghanistan has set off alarm bells throughout the region. The group’s likely defeat in the Middle East means the militant...

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The Emerging Competition of Economic Corridors

Maryam Nawaz The landscape of global politics has undergone a significant transition, as evidenced by the changing nature of...

Navigating Pakistan’s Afghan Conundrum

Hassan Tahir Pakistan-Afghanistan relations have become more challenging, with both countries being at loggerheads over sensitive issues concerning...

Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Age of Disinformation

Shaza Arif The dynamics of the Israel-Palestine conflict have shaped security and politics in the Middle East for...
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