Middle East Conflict
Drumbeats of Iran-Israel War Grow Louder and Closer
Escalating tensions between Iran and Israel have placed the region on the brink of war, sparking global concerns.
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October 7, 2024
Publications
Aerial Warfare
Breaking Through: Effectiveness of Iran’s Missile Attack
Instability and chaos define the current state of affairs in the Middle East, where long-standing rivalry between Iran and Israel continues to shape global politics. Tensions have once again taken centre stage in international relations
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October 7, 2024
Middle East Conflict
Evaluating Israel’s Retaliation Calculus against Iran
Israel’s protracted assault on Gaza risks morphing into a wider Middle Eastern crisis after Iran launched around 200 ballistic missiles on various sites in Israel. It is being deemed as Iran’s kinetic response to Israeli assassinations of top leadership of
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October 7, 2024
Aerospace
Moon Mining: Concept to Reality
The Apollo 11 mission marked ‘a giant leap’ in humanity’s quest for space exploration, as it was the first time mankind set foot on the Moon. Since then, technological advancements and increasing collaboration between space
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October 7, 2024
Digital Economy
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Innovation and Vulnerability in the Digital Economy
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) constitute a comparatively novel area in academic research and scholarship, but the budding interest in this category of digital and algorithmic organization across various
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October 3, 2024
Economic Affairs & National Development
Winds of Change in the Economy
After two years of extremely challenging international economic conditions, there are signs of reprieve for the Pakistani economy that emanate from a broader cooling and monetary easing in the world economy. Both the
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September 30, 2024
Economic Affairs & National Development
Structure of the Space Economy
To understand the space economy, it is crucial to first define its scope. What exactly constitutes the space economy? Where is it located, and how large is it? These questions highlight the pervasive nature of the modern space economy as we move further into the 21st century. The space economy for the
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September 30, 2024
Cyber Security
Cyber Security Risk Governance: Threat Vectors and Solutions for Pakistan
Swift progress in technology has accelerated digitalisation globally, with Pakistan following suit. However, with these advancements come escalating cyber risks. This Working Paper critically examines Pakistan’s cyber security landscape, focusing on prevalent threat vectors such as phishing, hacking
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September 24, 2024
Warfare
Exploding Electronics: Weaponisation of Consumer Technologies
It is rather ironic that in a month which started with the launch of the latest iPhones and the first tri-foldable smartphone, technologically obsolete pagers and walkie talkies have garnered global attention. Headlines in the past few days have revolved around the exploding electronics in
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September 21, 2024
Warfare
Gadget Bombs and Tech Warfare
The recent attack in Lebanon involving a ‘Pager’ and ‘Walkie Talkie’ as a delivery mechanism for an explosive device has sent shockwaves across the globe. This incident brings into sharper focus a worrisome new twist to technological warfare and
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September 19, 2024
