Security & Conflict
Afghan Taliban: A threat to Human rights in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Security
On December 18, 2022, the detained TTP militants attacked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police's Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) amidst border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan...
Agni-V Makeover
Given the Indian missile testing spree throughout 2022, it seems to have abandoned restraint in nuclear capable missile development and testing. The recent test...
A battle for the Arctic is underway
For the past two decades, Russia has been dominating this fight for the Arctic, building up its fleet of nuclear-capable icebreakers, ships and submarines,...
International Piracy Mitigation Fosters Rare Collaborations
Piracy is often thought to be a practice of the past, if not romanticized in fictional portrayals. But today's pirates are eerily emblematic of...
India behind terrorism in Pakistan
Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, many Indians have argued that if the United States can defend its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq...
The resurgence of Conventional Threats and the Future of the New START Treaty
Russia declined to conduct a technical meeting with the US on the New START Treaty. According to the US, Russia unilaterally withdrew from the...
China-India Tawang Faceoff Not a Surprise: What is Different Now?
China- India LAC faceoff near Yangtse in Tawang Sector on 09 December 2022 is neither the first nor the last one, but its resulting...
Analysis of U.S. Ability to Counter the Russian Threat in the Arctic
From the end of World War II until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States and Russia stood on opposing...
Rise of deep-fakes to spread misinformation for Ukraine – Russia crisis, possible spillovers, and impact
Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in a video during the third week of the Ukraine crisis earlier this year, wearing a dark green shirt and speaking...
The US military is operating in more countries than we think
“Irregular warfare” is defined by Pentagon as “competition… short of traditional armed conflict” or “all-out war.” A new report finds that Pentagon uses ‘security...