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Recent Articles

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Nuclear

The BrahMos Missile Fiasco: India’s Contradictory Stance

02 Sep 2022 Haris Bilal Malik

Apart from the ongoing political and economic turmoil in Pakistan, devastating floods, and the complex regional and international security environment, another piece of news has been making the headlines. The news is related to […]

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Emerging Technologies

Emerging Potential of Quantum Computing

01 Sep 2022 Maheen Shafeeq

With rapid advancements in digital engineering and data architecture, we require powerful computational models. Traditional computational models, comprising of binary numbers 1s and 0s, do not have the computational power to sort exorbitant amounts […]

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International Security

US-China Discord in the Pacific Theatre

31 Aug 2022 Maheen Shafeeq

Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan from 2-3 August 2022 has opened a forbidden chapter in US-China relations. The visit, according to the official statement, was meant to be in good faith to defend […]

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Environment

Challenges of Waste Management in Pakistan

30 Aug 2022 Amna Tauhidi

Waste management, in simple terms, deals with the management and disposal of waste in a more environment friendly and sustainable manner. Solid Waste Management (SWM) is a global challenge affecting countries across the globe […]

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Energy

Compact Urban Development for Reducing Energy Usage in Pakistan

30 Aug 2022 Zahra Niazi

Today, an unprecedented energy crisis has gripped Pakistan as a supply crunch and an increase in energy prices puts persistent pressure on the economy and hurts the masses. For the sake of Pakistan’s long-term […]

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Cyber

Cyber Element in the Russia-Ukraine War & its Global Implications

29 Aug 2022 Amna Tauhidi

Cyber has become a focal point in the conduct of both civil and military operations. Given its emerging destructive potential, it has now become an independent ‘domain’ like land, sea, air, or space in […]

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National Narrative

Defining National Interests (Part II)

29 Aug 2022 Dr Zia Ul Haque Shamsi

In an article, “Defining National Values” published in Daily Times on August 15, I had insisted, “Non-adherence to the fundamental values that are professed and practised by all religions is one of the most […]

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Environment

Heat Waves – A New Normal

29 Aug 2022 Etfa Khurshid Mirza

Most parts of the world, particularly Western Europe, are afflicted by a category 3 heat wave called ‘Zoe’ - the world’s first named heat wave. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a warning that […]

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Nuclear

Nuclear Proliferation: AUKUS and the Indian Case

25 Aug 2022 Sameer Ali Khan

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’s (NPT) 10th Review Conference (RevCon) is underway in New York (1-26 Aug 2022). The RevCon – held every five years – is meant to review progress on key treaty objectives […]

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Emerging Technologies

Adversarial Attacks on Machine Learning – An Appraisal

24 Aug 2022 Shaza Arif

Abstract Technological evolution continues to define the contours of modern-day society. Amongst the proliferating list of enablers, Machine Learning (ML) has emerged as a driving force for technological advancement at a fast pace. Its efficiency […]

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National Narrative

Defining National Interests (Part I)

22 Aug 2022 Dr Zia Ul Haque Shamsi

This year’s Independence Day celebrations were quite differently colourful than the previous years. However, I will deliberately avoid a discussion on the content and style, for obvious reasons. The significance of adherence to core national […]

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Defense

Impermanence of Deterrence Regime: A Cause of Tactical Instability in South Asia

19 Aug 2022 Dr Zia Ul Haque Shamsi

Abstract The overt nuclearisation of South Asia led to the notion that an all-out conventional war between India and Pakistan was a distant probability, whereas, limited wars on the periphery may not be avoidable between […]

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COVID-19

COVID-19, Job Market Disruptions & Cooperatives Alternative: A Case Study of Pakistan

19 Aug 2022 Hassan Mujtaba

Abstract The objective conditions of Pakistan’s economy -especially in its labour market - have not kept pace with broader demographic changes such as population growth. This has created wide-ranging socioeconomic inequities in the form of […]

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Emerging Technologies

Future Warfare and Emerging Military Technologies: An Analysis of US Defence Modernisation

19 Aug 2022 Maheen Shafeeq

Abstract Analysing United States’ defence modernisation plans and strategies about Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS), Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), space militarisation, hypersonic vehicles and digital engineering and data architecture, the paper discusses what impact […]

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Emerging Technologies

Evolving Role of UAVs: A Case of Pakistan

19 Aug 2022 Abdullah Rehman Butt

Abstract The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has grown significantly in recent years. Because of their efficiency, precision, low cost, and lower risk, UAVs have seen rapid adoption in civil, commercial, and military sectors. […]

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Emerging Technologies

Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence: Impact on Warfare

19 Aug 2022 Shaza Arif

Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) has surfaced as a potent enabler that has penetrated all areas of human life. Given its profound efficiency and inspired by the postulates of realism, this dual-use enabler is now being […]

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International Economy

Public Value and the Digital Economy

19 Aug 2022 M Mubashir Ehsan

Usman W. Chohan, Public Value and the Digital Economy (London/New York: Routledge, 2021). Reviewer: M Mubashir Ehsan In Public Value and the Digital Economy, Dr Usman W. Chohan, Director Economic Affairs and National Development at […]

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Government & Politics

Civil-Military Relations and Global Security Governance: Strategy, Hybrid Orders, and the Case of Pakistan

19 Aug 2022 Amna Tauhidi

Cornelia Baciu, Civil-Military Relations and Global Security Governance: Strategy, Hybrid Orders, and the Case of Pakistan (London/New York: Routledge, 2021). Reviewer: Amna Tauhidi Civil-Military Relations and Global Security Governance: Strategy, Hybrid Orders, and the case of […]

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India

Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy

19 Aug 2022 Shaza Arif

Christophe Jaffrelot, L’Inde de Modi: National-populisme et démocratie ethnique (Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy), trnsl. Cynthia Schoch (New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2021), pp. 639. Reviewer: Shaza Arif In this English […]

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Cyber

Digital Frontiers of the Cold War 2.0

18 Aug 2022 Sameer Ali Khan

In 2020, the United States banned Huawei from participating in development of its 5G networks on the grounds that the company’s obligations towards the Chinese government made it a national security threat. In May […]

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India

From Ganga to Pulwama: India’s False Flag Operations

17 Aug 2022 Zuhaib Anwar

Junaid Ahmad and Ibnul Hasan Rizvi, From Ganga to Pulwama: India’s False Flag Operations (Karachi: AJA Publishers, 2020). Reviewer: Zuhaib Anwar For years, India has worked to undermine Pakistan in many different ways on the world […]

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Emerging Technologies

Potential of Nanotechnology

15 Aug 2022 Maheen Shafeeq

Emerging technologies such as AI, robotics and cyber have been in the limelight in defence and military domains since the 1950s; however, nanotechnology has not had a fair share of publicity. The global nanotechnology […]

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National Narrative

Defining National Values

15 Aug 2022 Dr Zia Ul Haque Shamsi

Pakistan is at 75 now, with a population of 220 million people growing at a rate of two per cent. The country has nuclear capability, alongside strong conventional armed forces to defend its territorial […]

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Global view

Liberal Democracy

12 Aug 2022 Dr. Usman W. Chohan

The archons of “Western democracy” have long professed the belief that liberal democratic ideals are universal and must therefore be spread across the world at any cost. Where they have not promoted the so-called […]

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