Analysis
Coronavirus: Origins and Impacts
Who would have thought just a few months ago that 2020 would be a turning point for whole world, where every major economy and countries with top security measures would be fighting an unknown enemy? […]
Environment
Analysis
Post COVID-19 World Order: How Different Will It Be?
The COVID-19 pandemic, termed as a “nuclear war in slow motion”, has exposed the global leadership crisis and the vulnerability of the international community to deal with the new and unforeseen hazards. The global pandemic […]
Environment
Is COVID-19 a Biological Weapon?
Since time immemorial, the world has been inflicted by various calamities; some were natural while others were manmade. They include floods, earthquakes, world wars and epidemics like the plague, cholera, typhus, flu, Cocoliztli, HIV-Aids and now the […]
Analysis
US-Afghan Taliban Peace Agreement and Complexities of Peace Building in Afghanistan
The US and Afghan Taliban have signed an agreement for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan on the Taliban’s commitment of no-use of Afghan soil against US and its allies. Conflicting parties have also […]
Analysis
Space Arms Race: Put the Genie Back in the Bottle
The militarization of outer space is not a new phenomenon, it can be traced back to the Cold War era when Russia launched Sputnik 1 as the world’s first military satellite in outer space. The […]
Environment
2050 Climate Prospects – Are We Heading Toward A New Dark Age?
Voltaire must have been referring to nature and climate when he wrote, “Men argue. Nature acts”. At a time when people are required to consider forest-fires, bushfires, and heavy rainfalls in course of planning holiday […]
Economy
Pakistan’s Improved Internal Security Outlook: Recognition as Top Tourism Destination for 2020
Pakistan’s internal security outlook has improved in recent years as compared to the post-9/11 era when the country was facing an existential challenge due to terrorism. 2020 appears to be a promising as well as […]
Emerging Technologies
Indian Aerospace Modernization: Implications for Strategic Stability in South Asia
Military modernization, as theory and practice, has been the process of changes and sophistication in warfighting doctrines and military capabilities of the armed forces of any state in order to achieve its political objectives. The […]
Environment
Climate Change: A Problem for Pakistan’s National Security
Climate change is a severe threat to the prosperity and security of the world. The destabilizing effects of climate change have drawn the concentration of the world with storms, droughts, and floods. At the international […]
Environment
Global Governance: Nuclear Weapons Technologies and Climate Change
Technological development creates governance challenges beside other problems at global, regional and state levels. We increasingly seem to lack the intellectual or political resources to deal with these challenges. The diversity of actors in the […]