The Global Order order is undergoing a paradigm change with several transformative and destabilizing transitions. From new center alliances and power, economies to technology, controls, and trade wars the contours of coming decades are continuously evolving. The transformation also heralds new threats and prime power projection tools such as Ai, Information, Cyber & aerospace domains which have a profound impact on national security. The “Global Strategic Threat and Response’ (GSTAR) conference aim to create a comprehensive global forum seeking experts’ inputs and providing prospectives on the core area of research related to changing balance of power emerging technologies, aerospace employment, new modes of warfare, and force postures.
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Emerging Geopolitical Alliances and Implications for Pakistan
The year 2025 has dramatically reshaped global and regional geopolitics through a series of crises: the India–Pakistan war, the Israel–Iran confrontation, and renewed instability on the Pakistan–Afghanistan border.
Pakistan in 2025
As 2025 draws to a close in few days, it is time to reflect back on the chain of events that have shaped the year. Apart from the typical highs and lows – the year saw some unprecedented events that will have a lasting imprint.
Cognitive Dominance in Air Power Employment: From Machines to Minds
In contemporary air warfare, there is a silent battle that begins long before the first missile is fired: the battle of the mind. The Indo-Pakistan conflict of 2025 reaffirmed this truth. In that short but decisive engagement, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) demonstrated that in modern warfare, victory is no longer about airframes destroyed but in the mastery of cognition, which is the ability to think faster, act smarter and control perception under stress. To make victory second nature, institutionalisation of cognitive gains through AI, cross-domain integration and leadership development is paramount for modern air forces.
