Analysis
THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN
The great Peloponnesian war was a war of choice and became a major cause for the destruction of the Greek civilization, murder of thousands of Athenians and Spartans, and engulfing the then region in perpetual […]
Military
Analysis
Land Defense Industries: The Challenge of Integrating Systems
Integrated combat systems represent the new generation of warfare equipment, and they differ fundamentally from their predecessors. Military gear was simply juxtaposed and coordinated, for many centuries. They are now in charge of their own […]
Analysis
Contextualizing the Five Years of Russian Intervention in Syria
This month marks the fifth year of Russian “intervention by invitation” in Syria. The concept of “intervention by invitation” has gained vitality since the turn of the century. Starting with the US intervention in Iraq […]
Analysis
South China Sea as a Potential Flashpoint
Strategic features in maritime domain can be classified by position, strength and resources Alfred T. Mahan South China Sea has all the characteristics to be called a strategic waterway. It extends from the Strait of […]
Analysis
What it takes for Pakistan to mend ties with Saudi Arabia?
Last month, Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in unprecedentedly blunt comments, criticized Saudi Arabia for its perceived lack of support for Islamabad’s interests in the disputed Kashmir region and threatened to call a separate […]
Analysis
Emerging Doctrines and Technologies in South Asia: Implications for Strategic Stability
(Remarks made at the 2nd meeting of the IISS Missile Dialogue Initiative hosted by IISS London, 7-9 Sep 2020) India and Pakistan are improving their nuclear inventories and developing new weapon systems, but the scope […]
Analysis
Parasitic Hinduvta Ideology, Tearing Secular India Apart
History plays a major role in the promotion of nationalism and patriotism. However, if one’s history shakes the foundation on which its nationalism sustains, that country is doomed towards failure. Modern India is faced by […]
Environment
An Indian Path to Genocide
The term ‘genocide’ is used and perceived in many ways with varying criteria on what passes as genocide. It depends on the individual but in this article, the meaning will be that of the common […]
Analysis
The Efficiency of Pakistan’s Nuclear Posture During Brasstacks Crisis
Nuclear posture is the confluence of a state’s overall military structure, command and control, rules and procedures of employment and targeting, and the physical characteristics of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems. If nuclear doctrine […]
Analysis
Bogged Down Between Doctrines: India’s Conventional Warfighting
“The talent of the strategist is to identify the decisive point and to concentrate everything on it, removing forces from secondary fronts and ignoring lesser objectives.”Carl von Clausewitz, On War Blitzkrieg forever changed warfighting manoeuvres for […]