Analysis
Fighting Hybrid Wars
When Delhi abrogated Kashmir’s special status in August last year, and we were all at sixes and sevens how best to respond, Modi came to our help with the Citizen’s Act. The ensuing mayhem in […]
Analysis
Revisiting the UN Charter: A Time to Rethink?
The United Nations charter is a living document, on which the entire edifice of the UN system rests. It is one of the most important documents, aimed to give a sense of purpose and direction […]
Politics
China Overcomes the Scourge of Terrorism in Xinjiang
China’s western province of Xinjiang was plagued by terrorism in the last decade or so with the worst attack occurring in the capital city of Urumqi in 2009, followed by assaults in 2014 and the […]
Analysis
Battle of Yokes: Indo-US vs. Sino-Pak Nexus
Rearrangements 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 twosome […]
Research Paper
India’s Acquisition of S-400 Air Defence System: Implications For the PAF
S-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 in […]
Analysis
Davos 2020: New Prospects for Pakistan under PM Imran Khan
The 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 leaders […]
Analysis
Marginal increase in India’s 2020 defence budget, is it ample?
Indian 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 by […]
Politics
Trump Peace Proposal and Future of Palestine-Israel Conflict
The 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 the […]
Emerging Technologies
Nuclear Weapons in the Age of Cyber Warfare
Cyber 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), analysing […]
Videos
Pakistan’s Policy of ‘Quid Pro Quo Plus’: Remarks by Lt Gen Khalid Kidwai (Retd) at the IISS London
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 to the […]