Publications
Here are some of our recent OP-Eds
India Emerges as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’: US Commission Report
India has earned an unenviable distinction of becoming the third largest country in the world in terms of military expenditure, which according to the recent SIPRI report has increased by 6.8% in 2019 to $71.1 billion […]
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Coronavirus May Have Exposed India’s Economic Fault Lines
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has already exacted a devastating toll on the world economy in but a few months. Although developed countries have been shaken by the disruption, the developing world has borne the […]
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Sino-US Tensions During Covid-19
As the world grapples with an unceasing coronavirus pandemic, Washington and Beijing are engaged in trading barbs against each other, including accusations of having spread the virus deliberately. President Trump’s recent threat of consequences […]
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Coronavirus Pandemic and the Changing World Order
As the world is battling the novel coronavirus, the global political order is also undergoing a seismic shift. While it is still too early to predict a post-coronavirus world, some of the ongoing developments […]
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The Post- Pandemic Psychology in Pakistan
In 2003 more than two dozen countries in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia were severely infected by a respiratory virus identified as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). By the time Sars global […]
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Post COVID-19 World Order: How Different Will It Be?
The COVID-19 pandemic, termed as a “nuclear war in slow motion”, has exposed the global leadership crisis and the vulnerability of the international community to deal with the new and unforeseen hazards. The global […]
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Towards “The End of India”!
The recent riots in New Delhi have once again exposed India’s structural fault lines, posing a serious existential challenge to a country of more than 1.3 billion population that remains deeply divided based on […]
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India’s ‘Surgical Strike’ Doctrine: Implications for South Asian Strategic Stability
One year ago, on Feb 27, 2019, India and Pakistan engaged in a short aerial encounter that led to the shooting down of two Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft while an MI-17 helicopter was […]
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Nuclear Ban Treaty : Can it Unravel The Global Non-Proliferation Regime?
Abstract The Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNWs) was negotiated with the primary purpose of creating a new international norm, to bring pressure upon all the nuclear possessor states to work towards nuclear disarmament. […]
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Artificial Intelligence and Coronavirus
Coronavirus (Covid-19) has already had an immense impact on the world by infecting over two million persons and causing more than one hundred thousand deaths in just a few months. Given the suffering unleashed […]
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Pulwama/Balakot and The Evolving Role of Third Parties in India-Pakistan Crises
The 2019 Pulwama/Balakot crisis was a watershed moment in South Asia. Beyond seeing levels of escalation not seen on the Subcontinent in decades, it also underscored the evolving role of the United States in […]
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Lessons From Balakot: One Year On
One year ago, India and Pakistan engaged in dangerous brinkmanship. What are the lessons learned? to read more: https://magazine.thediplomat.com/#/issues/-M0qnEN1tGWXGWRBYmd7/preview/-M0qoa9Ih0CPsIjWrR39 […]
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Four More Months on the Gray List: Pakistan's FATF Challenge
As expected, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money-laundering and terror financing watchdog has kept Pakistan on the gray list in its much-anticipated plenary meeting concluded last week in Paris. While noting […]
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The COVID-19 challenge
Today everyone, everywhere is talking about coronavirus (COVID-19). There’s an information overload and yet nobody really knows what to do about it generally, or when diagnosed with it. Social distancing is the silver bullet […]
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The Devious COVID-19 and The Day After!
The devious COVID-19 virus remains a mystery with many conspiratorial prophecies about its origin and the cure, the timelines when it will recede, how will it impact the international security discourse, and what would […]
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Coronavirus and Modern Monetary Theory
The onset of a widespread pandemic has also opened the doors to new conversations about the economics. In particular, the response of governments to COVID-19, particularly in developed countries, echoes the precepts of an […]
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Coronavirus: Tackling the Pandemic in Pakistan
The world is encountering a lethal pandemic, that has killed a large number of individuals with more then 76, 000 people losing their lives. Pakistan too is faced with a two pronged dilemma as […]
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Force Modernization: Challenges for India
India and Pakistan have not only fought three major wars but have also been engaged in low-intensity conflicts as well as military crises over the past decades. India is enhancing its strategic and military […]
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Could Covid-19 Spark Socio-Economic Unrest in Pakistan?
Causing tens of thousands of deaths, COVID-19—also known as the novel coronavirus—has become a global pandemic within a couple of months. This perplexing pandemic has sent the world economy spiraling downwards. This can be […]
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Towards a New Beginning
From the limitations imposed on gatherings to the curtailed movement of people, and from the closures of businesses to the lockdowns of entire nation-states, the novel coronavirus has hit the world hard. While we […]
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COVID-19, the law and the executive
Emergency situations unlock formidable executive powers. For example, in California the governor reserves the right ‘to the extent he deems necessary, have complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right […]
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A Model for Coronavirus’ impact on our Economy
As the government, private businesses, civil society, and the public at large grapple with the emerging pandemic situation across the country, an important debate has evolved in many circles regarding the degree to which […]
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Corona-Capitalism
As the economist David Graeber illustrated in his magisterial work Debt: the First 5000 Years, there is an inextricable link between the human experience of plagues and disease on one hand, and the imposition […]
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Is Populism Serving India’s Interest and that of the Region?
Analysis of speeches by various presidents, prime ministers, chancellors, and leaders of major political parties the world over reflect populist eloquence. Populism has become a distinct stratagem of a majority of the current political […]
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