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S-400 Ballistic Missile Defence System and South Asian Strategic Stability Dynamics
The actual use of nuclear weapons by the two south Asian nuclear rivals has been barred since overt nuclearization and the sense of mutual...
Vietnamese PM Chinh visit to Japan: A new era of cyber, space and defence cooperation
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited Japan from November 22-25 and discussions about trade, investment, defence, cultural and enhancing political ties took place between the two leaders. The former prime minister of Japan Suga had visited Vietnam in October...
Chinese and Gulf states rapprochement with Syria
We find that throughout the years of the Syrian war, there were a number of indications of (secret cooperation) between some Arab governments in...
U.S. Withdrawal from INF Treaty: Policy Implications for China
INF, “the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty”, was initially signed between Russia and USA in 1987. The treaty sought to demolish a whole category of...
China- Russia alliance and the failure of the American-backed Arab Spring revolutions
China realizes the Syrian regime's need for it, and thus relies on it to achieve its political and economic goals in the Levant region,...
How the Republican Party Has Tightened U.S.-Taiwan Ties
Taiwan, also known as the sovereign Republican of China (ROC), set up in the aftermath of the revolution in 1911 in China. The U.S....
Critical Evaluation of Pakistan’s Second Strike Capability
“Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than...
The unending dilemma of nuclear deterrence and the global nuclear governance
In this essay, I look into the dilemma that sovereign states have when it comes to choosing between their unofficial right to nuclear deterrence...
From Trump to Biden: A changed approach towards North Korea
George Wald once stated, “Nuclear weapons don’t offer us anything but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still a terror”....
Russia will not invade Ukraine
Russia has recently increased its military presence on the border with Ukraine, sparking alarmist suggestions by Western officials and think tanks that Russia is...