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Political Incentives Will Determine the Next India-Pakistan Missile Agreement
March 9, 2024, marked two years since an Indian BrahMos cruise missile misfired, accidentally landing in Pakistan’s Mian Channu city. While global attention at the time concentrated on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing nuclear risks, the incident in…
Agni-V: The New MIRV Race in South Asia
On March 11, 2024, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced the successful test of a land-based nuclear missile equipped with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. The missile test, named Mission Divyastra, launched from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island…
Reflections on Pulwama-Balakot at Five Years
Pakistan is almost entirely absent from India’s strategic discourse in the contemporary moment. Indian interlocutors mention this absence occasionally—either with modest lament or more often with some pride, depending on their strategic worldview. Virtually no Indian strategic analyst believes Pakistan…
اُبھرتی ہوئی میزائل ٹیکنالوجیز : جنوبی ایشیا میں ہتھیاروں کی ایک نئی دوڑ؟
۲۷ جنوری ۲۰۲۳ کو بھارت نے تیسری بار اپنے ہائپرسونک ٹیکنالوجی ڈیمونسٹریشن وہیکل (ایچ ایس ٹی ڈی وی) کا تجربہ کیا اور بعد میں جون میں اوڈیشہ کے ساحل کے قریب 'اگنی پرائم' میزائل کا کامیاب تجربہ کیا۔ اس کے…
Hurdles and Opportunities for the India-U.S. Defense Partnership
During the Cold War, divergences in geopolitical outlooks meant that India-U.S. ties were estranged, with non-existent defense cooperation. Today, the convergence of interests between India and the United States, coupled with the challenge of a rising China’s military adventurism, has…
The Quad Must Tackle Nuclear Threats in the Indo-Pacific
The leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, popularly known as the Quad, have consistently reaffirmed their commitment to “the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” first through a statement issued in Hiroshima, then at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2023, where…
Striking Back: Is Pakistan Putting Military Strikes on the Table?
The recent tit-for-tat strikes between Iran and Pakistan indicate a consolidation of Pakistan’s crisis response policy. In recent years, the 2019 Pulwama-Balakot crisis was the first time that Pakistan resorted to the use of force in response to India’s attack…