Recent Articles
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Identifying Levels of Hybridity in War
Hybrid warfare, as a concept and military strategy, is as old as the warfare itself. It employs a combination of political warfare alongside conventional warfare, irregular warfare and cyber-warfare. It also deploys variety of […]
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Pakistan’s Afghan Dilemma
Amidst foreign forces drawdown from Afghanistan, speculations are rife about likely US military bases in neighboring countries, particularly Pakistan, for counterterrorism operations after 9/11 2021, which Islamabad has been repeatedly denying. Such rumors or […]
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Strategic Pause Between the Nuclear Neighbours
There may be multiple reasons for the breakup of formal and informal talks between India and Pakistan, but it is important to note that the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) is holding […]
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Pakistan Faces Challenges of Societal Security
Some essential elements of national security include: human security, economic security, environmental security, military security, cyber security, and most importantly societal security. However, national security, in the changed paradigm is not only reflective of military security […]
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Future of Region after US Exit from Afghanistan
The pace at which Taliban in Afghanistan are capturing city after city, is astounding to say the least. After President Biden’s announcement to withdraw forces from the country, Taliban-controlled areas have increased almost three-fold. […]
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The Critical Junctures
There is a rich body of scholarship in the fields of economics and public policy around the idea of path dependency, which seeks to explain how policies maintain a secure equilibrium, until the point […]
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“Why Would They Listen to Us When They are Sensing Victory?”
All eyes are once again on Afghanistan as the future of the country remains uncertain after the US withdrawal. It appears that instability will prevail in the country since the situation has become extremely […]
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India’s Dangerous Designs
Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office back in 2014, India-Pakistan relations have registered an increasingly downward trend. His anti-Pakistan agenda includes targeting the country on both the internal and external front. He […]
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Artificial Intelligence: Transforming the World
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword in contemporary times. It essentially means machines imitating human intelligence and performing some of the functions that a human brain can perform, such as understanding language, problem-solving, […]
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Social Media—Lobby of the Powerful
In this age of globalization, social media have emerged critical tools for states to attain political objectives in any conflict through information control and manipulation. Recent events around the globe have put into question […]
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Squaring the Circle in Vienna
The negotiations in the Austrian capital Vienna to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or the Iran Nuclear deal seem to have reached a critical juncture as the negotiating parties await […]
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Taliban should Strive for a Hybrid Victory
The fundamental difference between the Taliban under Mullah Omer in 1996, and the Taliban under Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, is perhaps political legitimacy. Despite being the founding leader and an extremely popular figure within Afghanistan, […]
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A Confession about FATF
In what can only be termed an abject confession of his government's culpability, the Indian external minister S. Jaishankar recently said that India has been playing a direct hand in the manipulation of the […]
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Indian Military Procurements: A Scandalous Affair
India, the world’s largest democracy and a non-NPT nuclear weapons’ state, is plagued with scandals for military procurements. Despite stringent and painstaking bureaucratic processes for the approvals of defence procurements, India has perhaps the […]
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Cocktail of Islamophobia and Misogyny in India
Recently, more than 80 Muslim women were put up for sale on an open software development site called GitHub without their consent or knowledge. The photos of the women were posted on the app […]
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Taliban are Afghans only and not Pakistanis
Pakistan may have helped an incoming government in Afghanistan led by Taliban leader Mullah Omer with the help and support of other allies to avert a civil war in post-Soviet withdrawal in 1996. However, Afghan […]
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Mapping the Terrorist Threat from Afghanistan
Afghanistan remains the focus of terrorism concerns of regional and international powers. With such concerns, the expected spillover of cross border terrorism from the militant groups like Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), hiding in Afghanistan, is […]
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Hybrid Character of Aerospace Power
The use of the term ‘hybrid’ has become exceedingly common; its true meaning, however, can be seen in the domain of aerospace power. The evolution of airpower immediately attracted the strategists, who started to use […]
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The Economic Dimensions of Pakistan-India Reengagement
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The India-Pakistan relationship has been having its vicissitudes, following several years of tense animosity, owing largely to the bellicose and ideologically-charged government in New Delhi. Economic engagement is but one facet of this […]
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Peace in the Subcontinent: Off-track Once Again
Pakistan and India have remained entangled in a matrix that they can neither disregard nor resolve since the departure of the British colonizers. Despite attempts to normalize relations, unresolved issues and disputes continue to […]
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Pakistan Already has a Full Plate to Deal With
Pakistan has its plate full when it comes to playing a productive role in the international affairs. On the security front, Pakistan’s efforts for peace in Afghanistan, Palestine, and Kashmir, are recognised at regional and […]
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The Sick Man of Asia
Although much of the world is preparing to move past the Covid-19 pandemic, with large immunization programs and the reopening of economic activity, there is one country that has, since the beginning of 2021, […]
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On Trade with India
In both India and Pakistan, there are voices that advocate for better trading ties as a “win-win situation,” arguing that economic rapprochement is either (1) a circuitous route to normalizing relations which bypasses political […]
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The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A Commentary on Israel’s War Crimes
The Israel-Palestine conflict is reckoned as one of the enduring conflicts of contemporary times with the ‘’Question of Palestine’’ being on the United Nations (UN) agenda since 1947. This conflict exacerbated because of the […]
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