Afghan Security Forces in Crisis: A Fixable Problem?
There is no denying the fact that Afghanistan is challenged by a deteriorating security situation. With the Taliban maintaining a presence in 70 percent of […]
Pakistan’s Consolidating Conventional Deterrence: An Assessment
Before the overt nuclearization of South Asia in 1998, three major wars between India and Pakistan highlighted the latter’s struggle to bridge the conventional imbalance. […]
بھارت کی بحری نیوکلرائزیشن :بحرانی استحکام پر اثرات
بین الاقوامی بڑی طاقتیں بحرِ ہند میں تزویراتی برتری حاصل کرنے کےلئے کئی سالوں سے جوہری آبدوزیں بھیج رہی ہیں۔ حال ہی میں بحرِ ہند […]
CAATSA-out of the Bag: India’s Balancing Act
The India-United States-Russia triangular dynamics have become increasingly complicated recently. As the United States-Russia relationship has nosedived, signified by the U.S. Congress passing the Countering […]
Is U.S. Strategy against the Islamic State in Afghanistan Working?
The United States has been confronting evolving threats from the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP). The latest April 2018 report by the Special Inspector General of […]
Is the Indian Military Preparing for Total War?
Three recent exercises undertaken by the Indian military suggest it may be gearing up for prosecuting war in the nuclear age: air exercise Gagan Shakti […]
SAV Review: Flawed Narratives and Misperceptions About Pakistan’s Nasr Missile
The existing literature on Pakistan’s short-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile (Hatf-IX) Nasr has so far generated more confusion than clarity about the implications of its role […]
Achieving Indian Air Dominance in the Indian Ocean Region
The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has an important role to play for regional peace and prosperity as the “road of development in the twenty-first century.” […]
پاکستان کے جوہری ہتھیاروں کی تاریخ؛ایک جائزہ
جوہری ہتھیاروں سے لیس پاکستان تدریسی میدان میں کافی دلچسپی بنائے ہوئے ہے۔ جیسےجیسے محققین پاکستان کے جوہری نظرئے کے ارتقاء پر نظر ڈالتے ہیں […]
SAV Review: Pakistan’s Nuclear History
Nuclear Pakistan continues to engender a great deal of academic interest. As scholars explore the evolution of Pakistan’s nuclear doctrine, they are adding to the […]