Security & Conflict

The Imperative for Vigilant Monitoring of the Taliban in Post-U.S. Withdrawal Afghanistan

Concerns about the Taliban's possible return and the threats it would bring to international security grew as the world saw the United States remove...

From NATO’s eastward enlargement to NATO alternatives: Back to the future?

History is a complex thing.  In the Anglo-Saxon world in particular, alternative history is widespread. History is never pre-determined. NATO's eastward enlargement was neither...

A Dangerous Gamble: The Russia-American Nuclear Game in the Ukraine Crisis

Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia and the United States have been engaged in an almost open nuclear game, but in different...

Military Might Isn’t the Key to TTP’s Eradication

The terrorist attack on APS Peshawar in KPK on 16 Dec 2014 not only brought all the political parties on board but also led...

Potential Threats, Fears and Strategic Analysis

Recently, a scholar from the London School of Economics and the author of an Oxford University Press book on Al-Qaeda, Sajjan Gohel, wrote an...

The role of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Warfare: Case of Southern Asia

With the advancement in land warfare and geopolitical complexities, a significant transformation in the form of Artificial Intelligence has changed realm of modern strategies...

War for Profit: Implications of the Growing Private Security Industry

The private security industry mostly entails Private Military and Security Companies (PMSC) which offer military services all around the world to national governments, international...

Military technology: The quest for power and world hegemony -Israel’s military advancements

“What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the priority target for nuclear weapons?...

Why Does TTP still Survive in Pakistan?

On September 6, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacked military check posts in Chitral district in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan government claimed that...

South Korea’s Defence Industry Might – The Golden K-Cow

Owing to the Korean Wave, the successful export of South Korean products, from K-Pop acts to hit dramas, to cosmetic brands and even food...

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