Security & Conflict
A Europe that protects: Good progress on tackling hybrid threats
The European Union and Member States have made good progress in tackling hybrid threats through a number of concerted actions in a wide range...
Turkish Weapons Could Become Key Obstruction for Haftar’s Offensive on Tripoli
While the offensive of the Libyan National
Army (LNA) commanded by Field Marshal Halifa Haftar in Tripoli against the armed
groups controlled by the Government of...
The Capriciousness of Hybrid Warfare in South Asia
There is a famous quote by Sun Tzu that
‘the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting’. This saying
aptly describes the...
The Nuclear Tests of 28th May
The introduction of nuclear
weapons in South Asia was a result of covert activities by Indian scientists,
who diverted the Canadian nuclear supplies given for research...
Think like Jihadist: Anatomy of Central Asian Salafi groups
Salafi Jihadism has become a serious problem in Central Asia that
encompasses five former Soviet republics - Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan - collectively known...
21 years of Nuclearization of South Asia: Current Doctrinal Trends
Since the nuclearization of South-Asia in 1998, the region’s
security dynamics have changed considerably. This has had a profound and
irreversible impact on regional and extra-regional...
India Naval Ambitions and Strategic Stability of South Asia
For a long time, India has held the ambition of becoming one of
the greatest military powers in the world. For this purpose, India spends...
2019: Towards a new world (dis)order
The
Munich Security Conference is a leading annual forum on international security
and strategy. The theme of its recent installment, The Great Puzzle: Who Will Pick Up...
The Encroaching Impact of Arms Trade on South Asia’s Geopolitics
In his
famous farewell address to the American Public in 1961, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower had both defined and warned against the encroaching influence of
what was...
Terrorism and Mass Media: A Reflection from the Sri Lanka Terror Attack
The world
shivers at the mention of terrorism. The international news storylines mostly
present two hegemonic undertakings: the economic and power game ruling blocks
comprising US, Russia,...