Defense
Japan’s Growing Imports of Weapons:Facing a New Threat Matrix
According to a recent report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Japan’s arms imports surged by 155% in the 2019-2023 period compared to...
Trilateral Militarization: From Missiles to Nukes (Part II)
In the Philippines, the proponents of the trilateral alliance frame it as a response to the “threat of assertive China.” In reality, the unwarranted...
Revisiting the BrahMos Missile Incident: A Critical Examination of India’s Nuclear Responsibility
The firing of BrahMos supersonic cruise missile into Pakistani territory in March 2022 was a disrupting episode that started concerns in the entire region...
Proxy Wars and the Global Stage: How Major Powers Fight Without Fighting
Authors: Meherab Hossain and AL-Kasmin Islam*
Great powers are once again resorting to proxy wars, manipulating weaker nations to fight their battles. This allows them...
AWS: A Threat to International Humanitarian Law or a Necessary Technological Evolution?
“A killing machine that does not rely on human commands to choose and eliminate its targets” sounds like something out of a dystopian movie....
How would the new NATO leader manage alliance amidst the Ukrainian conflict or Trump’s re-election?
While traditionally conducted behind closed doors, elections for the NATO Secretary General are now facing the demands of a changing public diplomacy landscape, calling...
Space Race 2.0: Militarization of Space
What was once merely a fantasy in science fiction literature has become a reality in thetwenty-first century, with outer space serving as a new...
Nuclear War and Anti-Reason
“The rational is not thinkable without its other, the non-rational, and it never appears in reality without it.” -Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in...
Balancing Interests: Can the US Reconcile Drone Sales with Regional Stability in South Asia?
On 1st of February, 2024 pentagon released a statement disclosing details of an upcoming military deal (MQ-9B deal) between U.S. and India. The statement...
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps: Defining Iran’s Military Doctrine – Book Review
‘The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps: Defining Iran’s Military Doctrine’ by Alma Keshavarz dives into a powerful organization that is based in Iran called the...