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 […]
China
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Research Paper
Nuclear Ban Treaty : Can it Unravel The Global Non-Proliferation Regime?
(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 creating […]
Analysis
What’s Forthcoming for Pakistan-USA Relationship?
It was the first day of 2018 and the United States’ President Donald Trump – who had just welcomed the new year with a lavish party in his private club – decided to take on […]
Economy
Renewed Tensions in the Middle East – What Should India Do?
Given the sudden flare up in the Middle East between Iran and the US emanating from the killing of Qassem Soleimani, what must be India’s outlook and actions? The Assassination – Recipe for Conflict […]
Analysis
Review of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy In 2019
In 2019, Pakistan’s foreign policy efforts focused on four major issues: the Kashmir crisis with India; the Afghanistan imbroglio; CPEC as a point of focus between the U.S. and China; and, the efforts to get […]
Analysis
The Quad: Why is India Shy of a Full-fledged Military Makeover?
The very purpose of the Quad – to serve a collective answer to the Chinese hegemonic attitude in the Indo-Pacific region – will remain ineffective unless India upgrades it to a military level, but the […]