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Sonia Naz

Sonia Naz is a visiting Lecturer at International Islamic university and university of Lahore Islamabad. The writer has a degree of M. Phil in International Relations from the COMSATS University Islamabad. She has done Masters in Defence and Diplomatic Studies from Fatima Jinnah University. She frequently writes on Regional Security, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Security and South Asian Nuclear Politics which have been published in various national, international blogs and newspapers. She can be reached at nazsonia68[at]gmail.com

Stories By Sonia Naz

Defense9 months ago

Successful Test of Nasr Pours Cold Water on India’s Cold Start Doctrine

Pakistan army announced on 24 January a successful training of its short-range ballistic missile, “Nasr”, which is believed to have a range of just 60 kilometres....
Defense11 months ago

US Withdrawal from INF: Implications for Nonproliferation Regimes and European States -Part II

The US announced on Oct. 20 that it would pull out from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. It is a major arms control treaty that...
Defense11 months ago

US Withdrawal from INF Treaty – Part I

The US has announced intent to dismiss the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty on October 20, 2018.This decision indicates that great powers are investing enormously in...
Defense12 months ago

India’s inadequate justifications and Pakistan’s Statement on Indian Purchase of S-400 Missiles

The S-400 deal has almost been concluded between Moscow and New Delhi which was signed in late 2016. The most important thing to know about the...
South Asia1 year ago

Whether Pakistan’s membership in the IAEA Board of Governors is a major diplomatic achievement?

Pakistan has once again been elected a member of the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG) for the next two years on September 20, 2018. The Board...
Defense1 year ago

Indo-US Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement: Implications for Pakistan

The Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA)was signed after the US Defence Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met the Indian Foreign and...
Defense1 year ago

Defense Day and Current Challenges to Pakistan

Every year on 6th September Pakistan celebrates its “Defense Day” by paying respect to those martyrs who gave their lives in the war of 1965 to...
Defense1 year ago

INS Arihant Accidents: Question Mark on the Sustainability of India’s Naval Force

The Indian navy inducted first indigenously built nuclear-armed submarine, the INS Arihant in 2009. It was jointly developed by the Indian Navy, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre...
Defense1 year ago

Pakistan’s Nuclear Safety and Security

Wyn Bowen and Matthew Cottee discuss in their research entitled “Nuclear Security Briefing Book” that nuclear terrorism involves the acquisition and detonation of an intact nuclear...
Terrorism1 year ago

Nuclear Terrorism and Pakistan

Nuclear terrorism is a potential threat to the world security. According to the EU representative terrorists can get access to nuclear and radioactive materials and they...