Politics
The New Cold War!
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world witnessed the end to the Cold War between the U.S. and the USSR, who had tried to curtail each other’s contrasting world orders for over half […]
Pakistan
Pak India Crisis 2019
Pulwama Crisis 2019: India’s Continued Ambition for Limited Strikes Under the Nuclear Overhang
Like many crises in the past including the more recent Pulwama crisis of 2019 between the two South Asian nuclear-powered states indicate both India’s continued ambitious for limited strikes against Pakistan and the existence of […]
Environment
Drowning Strategic Stability in the Indian Ocean Region
“The changing security dynamics in the South Asian region and nuclearization of the Indian Ocean, calls for greater scrutiny in maritime policies both at the national and regional level.” South Asia is once again […]
Economy
External and Internal Challenges to CPEC
There can be no doubt that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) both as part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and within the traditionally close bilateral China-Pakistan relationship represents a tremendous opportunity. CPEC is […]
Pak India Crisis 2019
Sensational Media Can Aggravate Indo-Pak Crisis
A wave of jingoism and war hysteria followed the February 14, 2019 suicide attack on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Pulwama district of Indian administered Kashmir by a young Kashmiri, Adil Ahmad […]
Politics
Asia’s Emerging Geopolitics: China and India in a New Geopolitical Environment
Robert Kaplan, a renowned American geopolitical analyst believes technology and globalization have failed to diminish the centrality of geography and geopolitics. Instead, several new types of geographies have emerged particularly in Asia. Kaplan maintains that […]
Emerging Technologies
Pakistan Airforce on Tuesday Successfully test-fired an “extended range smart weapon” from JF-17 Thunder.
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Tuesday successfully test-fired an indigenously developed “extended range smart weapon” from a JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter aircraft, adding to the capabilities and self-reliance of PAF According to ISPR […]
Pak India Crisis 2019
Pre-election or Pre-emption?
“Election adventurism of Mr. Modi has internationalized the Kashmir issue and time has come to resolve it once and for all” – Aerial intrusions by the Indian fighter jets on the Line of Control (LOC) […]
Pak India Crisis 2019
THE KHAN DOCTRINE: PROPORTIONATE RETALIATION AND THE INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFRONTATION
Since February 14, 2019, when a local youth carried out a suicide attack on Indian security forces in Kashmir, world attention has been focused on the India-Pakistan confrontation. India, which draws no distinction between Kashmiri […]
Pak India Crisis 2019
The Rise of ‘Militant Nationalism’ in India
None other than PM Modi would have attempted to turn India’s military humiliation into a political gimmickry by using the images of Wing Commander Abhinandan’s into BJP’s election campaign posters and billboards. The downed Indian […]