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Musharraf’s Trial – Travesty of Justice?
Not only was a guilty verdict passed upon General Pervez Musharraf, but he was meted the death sentence for high treason. One of the judges in his trial ruled that if he were to die […]
Pakistan
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Will Gen Bipin as the New CDS Improve India’s Military Management Structure?
The Indian military is often criticized for not delivering in times of crisis. The Feb 2019 crisis is the most recent example that not only exposed the Indian Air Force (IAF) to domestic and the […]
Missiles
Kashmir Reorganization Act and India’s Anti-Muslim Drive
After the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act was passed in August 2019, Indian Occupied Kashmir was divided into two Union Territories: Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir. The state in its previous form had a legislature; […]
Politics
Modi’s Identity Politics in Post-Secular India: A Threat to Peace in South Asia
India has gradually transformed from a secular democracy into a Hindu majoritarian polity. This has happened in sequence to BJP’s rise in power and Modi’s election as prime minister in 2014 and 2019 subsequently. This […]
Emerging Technologies
Impact of Emerging Technologies on South Asian Strategic Stability
The Arms Control and Disarmament (AC&D) is under strain due to renewed geopolitical tensions; evolving nuclear doctrines; the collapse of existing treaties and agreements; technological advancements and military modernisations. The ripples of weak AC&D architecture […]
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 […]
Politics
Israel and India: Doppelgangers?
The post-Pulwama military crisis and India’s recent move to revoke articles 370 and 35(A), which gave Indian-held Kashmir a distinct constitutional status and administrative structure, have not only raised the ominous prospect of war between […]
Politics
Hypersonic Weapons: A Critical Appraisal of Speed and Technology Bonhomie
The precursor to hypersonic weapons is the speed. In every kinetic and non-kinetic operations, speed is a key factor at the very onset of battle. The German’s Blitzkrieg (lightning war) is an acute example from […]
Politics
Can Kartarpur Corridor be the First Drop of Rain?
On November 9, 2019, Pakistan and India opened the first-ever visa-free corridor between the two countries to facilitate the pilgrimage of Sikhs – a minority community in both India and Pakistan but with major chunk […]
Military
India’s Hare-brained Nuclear Behaviour
Politics with an opportune, proportionate, precise and unequivocal resolve represents the continuous face of nuclear signalling within the Indo-Pak rivalry. As has been evident, strategic restraint is so far being ingeniously and perpetually reinstated to […]