Defense
Ability of information systems for international defense purposes
We know that enemies of freedom are using the same technology that hackers use, and we are also using it. "(Tom Ridge, former US...
India’s Pursuit of Missile Development and Strategic Stability in South Asia
India once again tested a long range Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) with a range of 5-5500 km. The missile is capable of delivering a...
The Role of Knowledge in National Power from a Geostrategic Perspective
Today, there are developments in the world that all turn out to be on the heel of knowledge. If, in the past, military power,...
UN flag no longer offers ‘natural’ protection to peacekeepers
The United Nations should change the way it does business in high-security risk peacekeeping operations, as the UN flag no longer offers ‘natural’ protection...
New Report: Export controls, human security and cyber-surveillance technology
A new report released today from SIPRI, ‘Export controls, human security and cyber-surveillance technology: Examining the proposed changes to the EU Dual-use Regulation’.
The report...
Nuclear Deterrence Equation in South Asia: Chess vs. Chess
The supreme art of war is to subdue enemy without fighting: Sun Tzu
Deterrence equilibrium in South Asia serves as an assurance for peace and...
How the Internet made nuclear war thinkable (again)
Nuclear weapons formed the basis of strategic stability between the nuclear superpowers for the past seventy years. The threat of instantaneous and mutual annihilation...
Sierra Leone: Victims or Perpetrators
There has been increasing acceptance that to understand importance of the nature of conflict and post conflict process with the effect of gender roles...
Drawing the EU-NATO Partnership
Why a EU-NATO Partnership Now? The recent EU-NATO meeting at the NATO headquarters on the 8th of December regarding cooperation in tackling emerging security...
Banning Killer Robots the Non-Conventional Way: The Case for Preventive Arms Control
Pressure is amounting for the UN to outlaw lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). Notwithstanding the letter signed...