Analysis
The NPT: An Appraisal
The NPT is an international treaty which proved to be a milestone with a main objective to forestall the spread of nuclear weapons and to achieve the goal of nuclear disarmament. The NPT aims to […]
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Washington and Nuclear Nonproliferation: The Geopolitics between Them
The proliferation of nuclear weapons and efforts to stem its flow have drawn a great deal of scholarly attention. From analyzing the causes, conduits, and nature of proliferation, to understanding the directions of great powers’ […]
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China-Iran Strategic Pact: Window of opportunity for Strengthening Pak-Iran Relations
A long-term bilateral deal between China and Iran is ringing bells in Washington. By overstating the deal, the US media is again stirring up the tensions. A leaked draft of the deal published by the […]
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Book Review: “Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence Stability in South Asia”
In his 1961 classic entitled ‘Deterrence and Defense’, Glenn H. Snyder, while terming deterrence a function of the total cost-gain expectations argued that, “the aggressor’s estimate of costs and gains is a “whole war” estimate, […]
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Indo-Pak Nuclear Poker
Ever since the Kargil conflict, Pakistan was projected as a state that uses its nuclear capability for coercion and was accused for nuclear blackmail. However, while a lot has been written on the Pulwama crisis, […]
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Of Ignored Intelligence Warnings and Modi’s Kafkaesque Little War
While there has been a view all along that Pulwama was a false flag operation aimed at achieving Modi’s political objectives, yet many observers thought it might be stretching it too far. The reason for […]
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What It Means for Pakistan to Stay on FATF Grey List?
Last week, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decided to keep Pakistan on its ‘grey list’, with the country’s status set to be reviewed next at an extraordinary plenary session in June 2021. The FATF […]
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US Nuclear Policy Under Biden: Prospects and Challenges
The US had maintained its leadership role on arms control issues with the help of like-minded countries and allies before President Trump started to unravel some of the key arrangements that were negotiated by the […]
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Challenges to the Arms Reduction and Nuclear Disarmament
To live in an anxiety free world and non -violent environment, the utility and use of weapons should be reduced. Arms reduction plays a fundamental role in state security and government’s decision-making regarding political and […]
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: A Pakistani View
The Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons or TPNW is an outcome of Non-Nuclear Weapon States’ (NNWSs) frustration with lack of progress on Article-6 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that obliges the established Nuclear […]