Month: February 2020

Create PDFRearrangements of new realities after the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan in 1979, and the readjustment of post WWII International Order into a multi-polar regionalized and globalized world, has led to the […]

Create PDFS-400 Triumf/Growler for the Indian Air Force The long-range, highly mobile Russian S-400 Triumf Air Defence surface-to-air missile, known as the S-21 Growler in the West is a formidable weapon. Primarily developed for use […]

Create PDFThe World Economic Forum (WEF) had its annual meeting at the beginning of the new year i.e. 2020, as it has done every year. The Forum makes it possible for business, technology and national […]

Create PDFIndian Union Budget 2020-21 worth 2.9 Trillion US $ was announced on 1st February 2020. With the economy hitting a six-year low GDP growth, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a budget that focused on raising the purchasing power […]

Create PDFThe Palestine-Israel dispute has transformed into the most intractable and interminable conflict in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump unveiled his administration’s “Vision for Peace, Prosperity and a Brighter Future” peace proposal for […]

Create PDFCyber warfare in global warfighting has increased its sphere of operations due to the expanded use of computer networks in militaries. While cyber weapons are now being equated with weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), […]

Create PDF credit IISS (Seventh IISS-CISS Workshop in London  South Asian Strategic Stability – Deterrence and Arms Control 6 February 2020) 1. Ladies and gentlemen. Good morning to all of you. I am indeed very grateful […]

Create PDF(The article was first published in Journal of Contemporary Studies of the National Defense University. Available at https://ndu.edu.pk/fcs/publications/fcs_journal/JCS_2018_Winter/2.Nuclear-Ban-Treaty.pdf) Abstract The Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNWs) was negotiated with the primary purpose of […]