Security & Conflict
On Nuclear Madmen and Their Perilous Bluffs
During the Cold War, and in particular,
the Nixon era, the US’s Nuclear Deterrence Strategy had at times flirted with
the idea of its leadership playing...
Balochistan `insurgency ‘and its impact on CPEC
A dispute
arose between Baloch leader Akber Bugti and then government led by Parvez
Musharraf. Bugti was killed. How he was killed remains a mystery. But,...
Indian Mujahideen, IS and Hizbul Tahrir: Breeding ground for terrorism in South Asia
India Today dated October 8,
2019 has made the startling revelation `The Special Cell of the Delhi Police,
probing an IM module, stumbled upon evidence suggesting...
Revitalising the Quad
With a
high-level informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of US, India, Japan and
Australia on the side lines of the last month UN General Assembly...
Strategy of Cyber Defense Structure in Political Theories
Since the principle of defense addresses a
wide range of threats, it applies both in the field of justice and in the field
of military and...
Achieving safety and security in an age of disruption and distrust
The ability of citizens and businesses to go about their daily lives
with a sense of safety and security is vital to prosperity, but citizens...
The Game-changing Fallibility of BMD Systems: Lessons from the Middle East and South Asia
As the
Middle East’s major powers recalculate their defence and foreign policies
following last month’s missile strikes on Saudi oilfields, there have emerged
some telling lessons with...
War of shadows: The psychological and media dimension of future clashes
The Soviets
called it "the shadow theatre", i.e. the set of psychological warfare techniques of the time,
in the Cold War world.
Maskirovka,
in particular, e.g. everything...
Strategies for combating international terrorism in Central Asia
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asia has been cast as
the site of a new "great game". Central Asia has been largely
influenced...
Fighting Terrorism Online: EU Internet Forum committed to an EU-wide Crisis Protocol
The participants of the 5th EU Internet Forum,
hosted by Commissioners Avramopoulos and King, have committed to an EU Crisis
Protocol – a rapid response to...