Security & Conflict
Asia and the Middle East lead rising trend in arms imports, US exports grow significantly
Continuing the upward trend that began in the early 2000s, the volume of international transfers of major weapons in 2013-17 was 10 per cent higher than...
Pakistan’s Tight Rope Walk between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Pakistan’s recent decision of sending a contingent of slightly above 1000 troops to Saudi Arabia apparently in violation of its own parliamentary resolution of...
Information warfare
There is no doubt that information warfare plays a fundamental role in today’s economy and society. Furthermore, its importance has led to the emergence...
The cognitive warfare: Aspects of new strategic thinking
Combining the strategic observations on revolutionary war – those made by Colonel Trinquier during the war in Algeria, in  particular–with US strategy regarding information...
Ready to be the audience!
Today In the world, with about one-third of the people having access to the Internet, and most companies, institutions, and governments require computers and...
MAD’s Midlife Crisis: The Impact of US-Russia Rivalry on International Arms Control
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), signed between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1987, required both countries...
Infrastructure-based information system landscape
The discussion of cyber defense strategies is about a variety of issues, among which the most important issue is whether the significance of the...
Strengthening Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS): Is it equipped to counter ‘emerging’ threats?
Intelligence agencies in Afghanistan are outstandingly failing to collect information of high value beneficial for Afghan’s domestic security. Deploying under-trained and inexperienced intelligence officers...
Does the Idea of a Segmentary System Help to Explain Political Conflict?
The concept of segmentation does not imply structural dimensions per se. Segmentation, as it is technically understood, involves a unit-whole formed by unit-parts. Nevertheless,...
Katibat Imam al Bukhari Renewed its Ideological Doctrine of the Jihad
On February 15, 2017 the Uzbek jihadist group of Katibat Imamal Bukhari from Central Asia, also known as the Imam Bukhari Jamaat, issued a...