Analysis
The Other Side of the Nuclear Coin
The advent of fission in 1938 – a process in which an atom, bombarded with neutron is split into two or more parts with the release of a large amount of energy – gave the […]
Strafasia
Analysis
Global Terrorism and COVID-19
Since the spread of COVID-19 in early 2020, public attention has been diverted from many contemporary global issues and this pattern is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. This pandemic crisis, while gaining attention […]
Analysis
Dual Debacle: Evaluating India’s Pseudo Democracy and Declining Economy
India’s revisionist regime under Narendra Modi is capitalizing upon every available opportunity to take a strike against the Muslim community, discrediting the fact that they constitute the largest minority in India. The religious fanatics are […]
Military
North Korea is Not the Biggest Threat, Its India!
“The civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the two countries has not turned the relationship into a partnership, as envisioned. But it has undermined US leadership credibility in trying to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime.” – […]
Emerging Technologies
Air Launched Ballistic Missile: A Near Term Hypersonic Option for Pakistan
Pakistan’s defence posture is mainly aimed at securing itself against the threats emanating from its arch-rival India. Over the years, it has made efforts to counter these threats by acquiring or developing systems to enhance […]
Analysis
India’s Democratic Norms & Economy Spiral Downwards
For the last seven decades, India had won acclaim for its democratic norms, its adherence to secularism and its rapidly growing economy. Regrettably, with the installation of a Hindu extremist political dispensation, the Bharatiya Janta […]
Analysis
A New Phase of Violence in Afghanistan: Warmongering Hits Peace Efforts
Despite the fact that since a long time, different regional and extra-regional luminaries (pacifists) have burnt the midnight oil to bring the Taliban and the US on the negotiating table to end their long-standing enmity […]
Economy
IOK Amid COVID-19: An Aggravated Humanitarian Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the already brewing humanitarian crisis in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K). People of Indian occupied Kashmir are already facing the brunt of the extended lockdown and imposed curfew, sanctioned […]
Environment
When India Tested a Nuclear Device on Its Citizens
On May 18, 1974, India claimed that it had successfully tested a nuclear device, codenamed “Smiling Buddha” and became the sixth nation to have exploded a fission device. The test was conducted exactly four years […]
Economy
Changing the Discourse on Escalation Patterns in South Asia (Part 1)
The South Asian region might have oscillated in its importance for the powers that be, but it has never been off the radar in the academic and policy circles of major capitals. Needless to say, […]