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Dismantling Yalta system, or Ukraine as an instrument of destroying the world order
Ukraine’s recent provocation in the Black Sea has become another pretext for unraveling the Yalta system of international institutions and legal accords, which has...
Global arms industry: US companies dominate the Top 100, Russian arms industry moves to second place
Sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing and military services companies—the SIPRI Top 100—totalled $398.2 billion in 2017, according to...
Modern Russian Defense Doctrine
On December 26, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a new military doctrine for the Russian armed forces. The document identifies the expansion of...
Shifting Disposition of Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia
In the contemporary political and security architecture of south Asia the deterrence discourse has evolved with the passage of time. It was the time...
Russia Calling the Shots: Extrapolating from the Kerch Strait
The quasi-standoff this past week between Russia and Ukraine over the Kerch Strait has been painted in the West with a decidedly anti-Russian brush....
Role of External Actors in Nuclear Politics of South Asia
The strategic landscape of the South Asia is comprised of India and Pakistan’s equation connected with the role of other great powers in region. ...
U.S. and Saudi nuclear options
Authors: Javad Heiran-Nia, Ramin Hossein Abadian*
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has recently pushed a plan to build seven strategic nuclear projects in...
Arihant First Patrol: Dawn of new era or Nothing New but a Hyped Political Statement
Few days ago on the successful completion of the first deterrence patrol of Arihant, which is SSBN (ship submersible ballistic missile nuclear powered) Indian...
Nuclear energy: Saudi Arabia’s coming Washington battle
When Saudi General Khalid bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz went shopping in the late 1980s for Chinese medium-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear, chemical...
A real European army: A naive or prudent idea?
A new strategic debate has engulfed not only the European continent but also other great powers across the globe. The idea of an EU...