Trilateral Militarization: From Missiles to Nukes (Part II)
In the Philippines, the proponents of the trilateral alliance frame it as a response to the “threat of assertive China.” In reality, the unwarranted...
Proxy Wars and the Global Stage: How Major Powers Fight Without Fighting
Authors: Meherab Hossain and AL-Kasmin Islam*
Great powers are once again resorting to proxy wars, manipulating weaker nations to fight their battles. This allows them...
AWS: A Threat to International Humanitarian Law or a Necessary Technological Evolution?
“A killing machine that does not rely on human commands to choose and eliminate its targets” sounds like something out of a dystopian movie....
How would the new NATO leader manage alliance amidst the Ukrainian conflict or Trump’s re-election?
While traditionally conducted behind closed doors, elections for the NATO Secretary General are now facing the demands of a changing public diplomacy landscape, calling...
Balancing Interests: Can the US Reconcile Drone Sales with Regional Stability in South Asia?
On 1st of February, 2024 pentagon released a statement disclosing details of an upcoming military deal (MQ-9B deal) between U.S. and India. The statement...
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps: Defining Iran’s Military Doctrine – Book Review
‘The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps: Defining Iran’s Military Doctrine’ by Alma Keshavarz dives into a powerful organization that is based in Iran called the...
The Logic of China’s global security initiative – seeking for common security
Over the past years, China has reiterated the concept of “common security” as a core principle applied to international relations. Since sovereign states act...
Border Escalation Reveals Another Dimension of Iran-Pakistan Relations
In January this year, Iran and Pakistan exchanged missile strikes inside each other's border territories in Balochistan — a region located at the crossroads...
Is Russia A Threat to NATO?
It was late June 2022 when the U.S. along with its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members put Russia on top of the list...
Russia and Mali Review Military Partnership
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has offered an extra-ordinary broader military and economic partnership during the latest bilateral talks held late February 2024, with...