Strategic Calculations Behind Pakistan’s Pursuit of Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrence
In South Asia, the maritime dimension is a recent development in the nuclear deterrent calculations between Pakistan and India. While India’s naval nuclear program has […]
Changing the Script to Change the Narrative: The Modi Government’s Evolving Playbook on Pakistan
Since 2014, India’s security and foreign policy thinking on Pakistan has been characterized by a singular motif: changing the script to change the narrative. This […]
The Subcontinental Podcast- Episode 3 – Dr. Stephen Cohen
This episode of The Subcontinental features guest Professor Stephen Cohen, a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at The Brookings Institution. He joined Brookings after […]
India’s Position in a Post-U.S. Withdrawal Afghanistan
India’s role in Afghanistan in the past two decades or so is defined by its significant contribution towards the development of the country through assistance […]
The China-India-Pakistan Triangle: Origins, Contemporary Perceptions, and Future
Even as India and China find themselves embroiled in yet another border standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), commentators have sounded alarm on […]
ہندو قوم پرستی کی جانب بھارتی جھکاؤ، پاکستان سے تعلقات کیلئے کیسا شگون ہے؟
بھارتی وزیراعظم نریندر مودی کی جانب سے اپنی جماعت بھارتیہ جنتا پارٹی کی عام انتخابات میں دوسری مدت کیلئے تاریخی فتح یقینی بنانے کے ایک […]
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India, China, and the Elusive Pursuit of an Asian Century
Even as the world remains engrossed in the fight against COVID-19, India and China observed the 70th anniversary of the establishment of their bilateral ties […]
Interpreting India’s Maritime Priorities: Lessons for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
On his maiden visit to India as president earlier this year, Donald Trump declared before the packed stands of Ahmedabad’s Motera Stadium that “together, we […]
The Future of the India-Pakistan Nuclear Rivalry
This month marks 22 years since the nuclearization of India and Pakistan. These last 22 years have seen multiple Indo-Pak crises, each evoking at least […]
Dividing Lines: What India’s Hindu Nationalist Turn Portends for Relations with Pakistan
A year after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi secured a second term in a landslide election victory for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), his government […]
Enhancing Deterrence Stability on the Subcontinent: the Case for Conventional Deterrence
I. Introduction South Asia’s security landscape is intricate and dangerous. Two nuclear weapon states, India and Pakistan, stand locked and loaded on a long and […]
Understanding the Deaths of Shahdad and Ehsan Baloch
On May 1, 2020 Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) students Shahdad and Ehsan Baloch were killed in Balochistan in a skirmish with Pakistani security forces. Little has […]
Bollywood and the BJP After CAA: A Red Line, or One More Line in the Sand?
Bollywood in the Time of COVID-19 As India has responded to COVID-19, Indian public figures, particularly celebrities from Bollywood, the globalized Hindi-language film industry, have been key […]
کیا بھارت، بڑھتے ہوئے پاک چین گٹھ جوڑ کے مقابلے کیلئے تیار ہے؟
فروری میں، پاکستان کیلئے روانہ ہوئے چینی بحری جہاز سے آٹو کلیو مشین قبضے میں لئے جانے کی خبر کا چرچہ ہوا۔ بھارت کی ڈیفنس […]
رعد دوئم اورپاکستان کی فل سپیکٹرم ڈیٹرنس پالیسی
پاکستان اور بھارت کے مابین تناؤ کے عین درمیان اور پلوامہ بالا کوٹ بحران کو ایک برس مکمل ہونے سے چند ہی روز قبل، پاکستان […]
Shedding the Dogmas in India’s China Policy
Late on June 15, Indian and Chinese troops engaged in a deadly clash on a narrow mountain ridge in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh […]
کووڈ ۱۹ اور پاکستان میں سیاسی تقسیم
بمطابق ۱۲ مئی، پاکستان میں کرونا مریضوں کی تعداد ۳۲۰۰۰ سے زیادہ ہو چکی ہے، جبکہ جاں بحق مریضوں کی تعداد ۷۲۰ تک پہنچ چکی […]
Sino-Indian Maritime Competition: Shadow Fighting in the Indian Ocean
India and China are celebrating 70 years of diplomatic ties this year, which is an occasion that merits commemoration, but belies growing strategic tensions in […]
COVID-19 and the Coming Challenges for Sino-Indian Ties
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Sino-Indian diplomatic relations. For most of this time, their ties have been bedeviled by territorial conflicts, status competition, […]
Is India Equipped to Counter the Growing China-Pakistan Nexus?
The detention and subsequent seizure of an autoclave onboard a Chinese ship en route to Pakistan made headlines in February. India’s Defense Research and Development […]
India’s Reluctance to Support Taiwan at the World Health Assembly
On May 18 and 19, the World Health Assembly (WHA), the decision making authority of the World Health Organization (WHO), held its first-ever virtual assembly […]
Pakistan’s COVID-19 Political Divide
As of May 12, the number of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has crossed 32,000 with the number of deaths reaching over 720. Last week, as […]
جوابی جوہری حملہ: جنوبی ایشیا میں بحری ڈیٹرنس
جوہری صلاحیت سے لیس آبدوز، جوہری تکڑی کی مضبوط ترین اکائی تصور کی جاتی ہے۔ روایتی آبدوز کی کارکردگی اس کی توانائی کی ضروریات نیز […]
The Evolving India-China Airpower Balance
Two years ago, in the aftermath of the Doklam standoff between India and China, Pushan Das assessed the growing superiority of the People’s Liberation Army […]
Can Pakistan Solely Rely on CPEC? A Case for Diversifying Economic Partners
As the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) transitions into its second phase, Pakistan is optimistic about the economic benefits it could bring. After battling terrorism at […]
The U.S. Response to China-Pakistan Ties: A View from Islamabad
Recently, Pakistan and China celebrated 69 years of diplomatic relations with the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson maintaining that the friendship between the two nations remains […]
چین بھارت موجودہ سرحدی تنازعے کا تجزیہ
سیاسی فرمان ”اختلافات کو تنازعات میں نہیں بدلنا چاہئے،“ چین اور بھارت کے تعلقات کے ضمن میں تیزی کے ساتھ غیر متعلق ہوتا جا رہا […]
Japan’s “India-plus” Strategic Engagement with South Asia
Japan has long been a major development partner for smaller South Asian states, but under the second Abe administration, Tokyo has begun to expand these […]
Risks of Asymmetry and Future Escalation in India-Pakistan Relations
Last year, in response to a suicide bombing on a convoy of paramilitary forces in Indian Administered Jammu & Kashmir, India carried out the its […]
An Insight into Pakistan’s View on Sino-Indian Relations
For over a month, Chinese and Indian troops have been in a renewed standoff along their disputed border. Although the conflict seemed to be subsiding […]
Accepting Mutual Vulnerability: What Nuclear Deterrence Teaches us About COVID-19
The entire world has been in the grip of the novel coronavirus for more than a couple of months now. The end of this fight […]
پاک بھارت جوہری مقابلے کا مستقبل
پاکستان اور بھارت کو جوہری طاقت بنے رواں ماہ ۲۲ برس مکمل ہوگئے ہیں۔ یہ ۲۲ برس دونوں ممالک کے مابین متعدد بحرانوں کے گواہ […]
Can the Intra-Afghan Negotiations Yield Lasting Peace?
Even after almost half a century of conflict, Afghanistan has ranked first out of the ten must-watch conflicts for 2020 by the International Crisis Group. Today, the […]
پلوامہ بالاکوٹ بحران کے دوران میڈیا کا کردار اور عوامی ابلاغ
گزشتہ برس فروری میں جموں سری نگر ہائی وے پر بھارتی سیکیورٹی قافلے پر ایک خودکش حملہ ہوا جس کے نتیجے میں سینٹرل ریزرو پولیس […]
70 Years of India-China Economic Engagement
In the 70 years of India’s diplomatic engagement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the economic component of that relationship has shown tremendous dynamism. […]
The Crisis Potential of Pakistan’s Increasing Water Stress
It is anticipated that by 2025, Pakistan will face a water shortage of 31 million acre feet of water, or roughly about a third of […]
Second Strike: Explaining Sea-Based Deterrence in South Asia
Submarine-based nuclear capabilities are considered the most survivable leg of a nuclear triad. While conventional submarines are constrained by their fuel requirements and limited underwater […]
Breaking Down the Current India-China Border Standoff
The political diktat of “differences should not become disputes” is fast becoming irrelevant in India-China relations. A difference in perception regarding where the Line of […]
پاک چین تعلقات اور امریکی ردعمل: اسلام آباد کی نگاہ سے ایک جائزہ
پاکستان اور چین نے حال ہی میں اپنے سفارتی تعلقات کے ۶۹ برس مکمل ہونے کا جشن منایا ہے۔ اس موقع پر چینی وزارت خارجہ […]
COVID-19 and Nepal’s Migration Crisis
Nepali migrant workers stranded in the Gulf countries, Malaysia, and India to name a few have been hit hard by COVID-19. Some have already lost […]