Analysis
The Rise of China & the New Cold War
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of the 20th century Cold War and created a unipolar world largely under the hegemony of the United States of America (USA). In the […]
Economy
Analysis
Tilt in South Asian Strategic Balance – Challenge for Pakistan
The size of the Indian Armed Forces has always been bigger in comparison to Pakistan. However, Pakistan successfully maintained the conventional balance in early years due to better training and technically advanced equipment. India’s buying […]
Analysis
The Civilians Living on the Edge: Ceasefire Violations on the Line of Control
On December 18, 2020, the public relations wing of the Pakistan Army shared that a vehicle of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) had been hit across the Line of […]
Analysis
Indo-US Entente and India’s Ambition to Assert Itself as a ‘Pole’?
As the world moves into a new phase of considered least stable multi-polarity, three great powers videlicet, the United States of America (USA), China, and Russia wrestle for sway at the global level. Although Russia […]
Analysis
Biden’s Middle East Policy
President-elect Joe Biden is confronted with several challenges that include continued tensions with Iran to the chaos in Libya and Syria, and from the domestic crisis in Iraq to the growing hostilities between Israel and […]
Analysis
Bracing for the New Year Challenges
While a new year always brings new hopes and aspirations, this is indeed a sobering start of 2021 with a multitude of challenges. At the dawn of the new year, countries across the globe are […]
Analysis
Protesting Farmers and the Indian Agrarian System
India’s farmers are witnessing a harsh winter, literally and figuratively, ever since the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government passed three farm bills in late September. Nation-wide protests and strikes have erupted across the country. […]
Economy
Plastic Banknotes: Faulty Reasoning, Out of Tune with the Times
The environment is now a key issue in the policies of many governments around the world. Recycling and sustainability are growing trends, with the tactless disposal of plastics no longer being considered an acceptable practice. […]
Economy
International Development Aid for Education – A Matter of Strategic Concern?
In the aftermath of 9/11, numerous systematic and functional shifts in the global system have accompanied the radical alteration in the geopolitical and geostrategic activities of major global powers. The merger of security and development […]
Analysis
Political and Technological Dimensions of Revolution in Strategic Affairs
From recent technological innovations to the initiation of the age of ‘Internet of Things’, humans have increasingly become dependent on technology. As rightly stated by the founder of World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, unlike the […]