Defense
Revitalising the Quad
With a
high-level informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers of US, India, Japan and
Australia on the side lines of the last month UN General Assembly...
The Game-changing Fallibility of BMD Systems: Lessons from the Middle East and South Asia
As the
Middle East’s major powers recalculate their defence and foreign policies
following last month’s missile strikes on Saudi oilfields, there have emerged
some telling lessons with...
Protracted Asymmetric Geopolitical Conflict
Each of us has his own
definition of “geo-history”, and mine is the interface of the “geopolitical”
and the “world-historical.”
We are marked by two
anniversaries, that...
Time for a New Approach to Conventional Arms Control?
The return to an outright deterrence relationship
between NATO and Russia involves the danger of an arms race and a number of
military risks, particularly in...
China’s new military technologies
According
to some international press and media sources, China is investing significant
sums of money in some dual-use technologies - i.e. both civilian and military
at the...
US Strategy after the INF Treaty: Implications and Projected Outcomes
Thirty-one
years ago, US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail
Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty placing a
curb on nuclear weapons after...
Big power rivalry in the Gulf requires a US strategy rethink
As French, Pakistani and other leaders seek to engineer a meeting
between the US and Iranian presidents on the sidelines of the United Nations
General Assembly,...
Highlighting India’s WMDs at the UNGA
As Prime Minister Imran Khan prepares for
his first address to the UN General Assembly next Friday, he does so against
the backdrop of heightened geo-political...
Pakistan’s Skepticism on India’s NFU Policy Stands Validated
The South Asian region is widely regarded
as vulnerable to the threat of nuclear war. This is largely because of the
Kashmir issue’s dangerous potential as...
Infectious Diseases and National Security: Who will frame National Health Security Policy of Pakistan?
Health
plays an influential role in fostering economic growth and sustainable
development. Because of its indirect impact on human development, better health
boosts rates of economic growth...