Security & Conflict
Eastward Bound – The SCO’s Strategic Surge
China is the new geostrategic center of gravity. The SCO, under the leadership of China and Russia, is reshaping the geopolitical landscape of Central,...
Crisis and Expansion: Al-Qaeda Affiliates’ Threat to Global Security
Many believe that Al-Qaeda has been a defeated terrorist organization. However, the group has adapted by changing its strategies and forming regional groups across...
Terrorism’s Deadly Dance: The Political Dynamics Behind the PKK’s Use of Violence
Inside the twisted corner of our interconnected world, where the lines between friend and foe blur, terrorism emerges as a specter that attracts the...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: A Rising Counterweight to Western Influence
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a regional security bloc founded in 2001, is increasingly positioning itself as a counterbalance to Western influence in Eurasia....
Operation Azm-e-Istehkam: A National Imperative for Security and Stability
In the wake of escalating threats to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and intensified attacks by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Baloch extremist groups, Pakistan...
Fostering Social Media Literacy: Addressing Terrorism and Extremism in the Digital Age
At present, social media has become more than a platform of entertainment. It has become a battlefield with the transition of threat dimensions from...
Indonesia’s Weak Cybersecurity Governance
Over 100 hours after immigration services in international airports across the country were totally paralysed, the Indonesian government admitted that its newly-established National Data...
Warsaw Pact Retrospective in the Lens of International Regime Theory
The Warsaw Pact regime, once led by the formidable Soviet Union, was formed in 1955 as a “rival” to NATO. While it never engaged...
How the Secret US Anti-Vax Operation Disrupted Chinese Sinovac from the Philippines to Central Asia and the Middle East
According to a new Reuters investigation, the clandestine operation hit the Philippines which had been hit particularly hard by the virus. I should know....
EU-ASEAN Defense Partnership: What Future Holds for Them?
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borell, visited Indonesia and the ASEAN Secretariat in June 2021 to discuss about...