Emerging technologies
Beyond Fiction: Reimagining Modern Combat with Laser Weapons
‘It was sweeping round swiftly and steadily, this flaming death, this invisible, inevitable sword of
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October 18, 2024
Publications
Aerospace
Air and Space Technologies : Harnessing the Innovation Economy
The aerospace industry has evolved into a pivotal element of both security and economic development, propelled by rapid technological advancements. Serving as a catalyst for growth beyond traditional industrial sectors,
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October 8, 2024
Middle East Conflict
Escalating Crisis in the Middle East: A Renewed Global Commodity Price Shock?
The past few months were relatively calm for global commodity markets, allowing central banks to lower inflation targets and pivot to looser monetary policies. However, what many may not have factored into their calculations is this
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October 7, 2024
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
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
