Security & Conflict
The Deployment of Global Powers in the Middle East Amidst the Gaza War
The military operation initiated by Palestinian factions on October 7, 2023, served as a revealing moment for various regional and international dynamics, as well...
“If You Meet the Buddha on the Road”: The Problem of Religious Terrorism in Northeast Asia
Experts on Political Violence, especially religious terrorism, can easily point to themes by region. In the Middle East, fundamentalist Islamist organizations object to their...
Duplicity of TTP Leadership
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) represents a convoluted paradigm of extremism that has both shocked and appalled the world with its notorious actions. Behind the...
The Spillover effect of Israel-Hamas Conflict and implications for South Asia
With a new phase of violence erupting after Hamas launched surprise attack on Israel, the world has entered into a new phase of polarisation....
The Power Schism between Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) & Jamaat ul Ahrar (JuA)
A conspicuous chasm has emerged between the central echelons of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and one of its pivotal factions, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), stemming from the...
The World Today: Realism Still Relevant (Security Context)
The various tensions between states in the world, become a momentum to analyze the relevance of international relations theory, including realism. This theory is...
Are Israel’s Objectives in Gaza Attainable?
Sometimes, the only choices available to strategic practitioners are bad options and worse options. Since the attack by Hamas against Israel on 7 October,...
How Did Israeli Intelligence Failures Pave the Way for Hamas’ Strategic Attack
On the dawn of Oct. 7, 2023, Israel, a country celebrated for its intelligence prowess, faced a chilling reality: a meticulously coordinated assault by...
Israel-Hamas Conflict: Decoding Opposing Strategies and Way Ahead?
The asymmetric, irregular, dirty war triggered by the brutal terror attack by Hamas on Israel on October 07, 2023, targeting innocent civilians and children...
International Security Needs Coherence
With military flaps decorated in stripes and stars, the entourage of local and foreign top-ranking officials that descended upon the Moscow Conference on International...