Security & Conflict
India’s nuclear exceptionalism: An irony/ a question to non-proliferation framework
An international order constructed based on norms and treaties to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, India stands as a disturbing exception. India, despite...
Terrorist Designation Unmasks BLA’s Illegitimate Campaign
Illegitimate Insurgency in Balochistan
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a violent separatist group in Pakistan’s southwest, has long claimed to fight for the rights and...
Primal Connections: Death, Time and Nuclear War
“It is through death that there is time….” Emmanuel Levinas, God, Death and Time (1976)
The threat is not mysterious. In the final analysis, it...
America’s upcoming sixth-generation F-47 aircraft prospects
F-47 announcement:
On March 21st, 2025, President Trump declared that the US Air Force (USAF) would move on with Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter...
SCO and a New Era of Regional Cooperation
The SCO and a New Eurasian Regionalism
Amid shifting global geopolitics, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has emerged as a pivotal platform for regionalism in...
How Pakistan shot down India’s cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
Intel failure on range of China-made PL-15 missile central to downing of India's Rafale jet-sources
Shootdown of Rafale had raised questions about effectiveness of Western...
Pagers to Spider’s Web: Deep Intelligence and Low-Cost Weapons Redefining Warfare
June 1, Operation Spider’s Web can be considered a watershed moment in the Russia–Ukraine war but cannot be understood as a watershed alone without...
Is Pakistan developing an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile?
A prominent scholar of international security, Vipin Narang, has recently claimed in his co-authored article that Pakistan is developing Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) with...
Silent Threats: Cyber Vulnerabilities in Aviation Industry
In the modern age of technology and globalization, the aviation industry is facing a silent threat in the form of cyberattacks. The aviation industry...
India-Pakistan: Terror, Deterrence and the Dilemma of Stability
Authors: Suman Manchi and Dr. Rubina Pradhan*
The Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April 2025, followed by the Indian armed forces’ swift ‘Operation Sindoor,’ has...