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Across the Fence: Cyber Solidarity Between India and Pakistan
In April this year, Twitter was flooded with messages from Pakistanis expressing solidarity with Indians during the (still ongoing) second wave of COVID19. The outpouring of compassion not only stood in contrast to the usual hyper-nationalistic vitriol between the self-proclaimed…
Assessing the Proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority
Press freedom in Pakistan is under increasing threat. In May 2021, a proposed ordinance to develop a centralized media regulatory authority, named Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA), made rounds on social media. Human rights activists and journalists in Pakistan created…
The Fall and Rise of Pakistan’s Space Ambitions
If one views the historical trajectory of recent space endeavors, Pakistan got off to a terrific start. Being a collaborative partner with NASA and the U.S. Air Force, Pakistan launched its first rocket Rehbar-1 in June 1962 becoming the third…
Resilient Partners? What Trump’s Visit Indicates About US-India Relations
In the middle of a charged election campaign that saw the third presidential impeachment in American history, President Donald Trump flew halfway across the world for a stand-alone visit to India last week, attesting to New Delhi’s rising profile in…
India’s Cyber Threat Spectrum: Evolving Challenges and Nightmare Scenarios
South Asia has attracted attention for the subconventional, conventional, and nuclear rivalry between India and Pakistan. Cyberspace, while increasingly regarded as a conflict theater by analysts, has not garnered the same attention from researchers focusing on South Asian security issues,…
SAV in DC: NGOs the Tip of the Spear in Tackling Nuclear Terror
SAV IN DC relates analysis by SAV contributors to Washington DC-based discussions of South Asian strategic affairs. *Video to be uploaded soon Last week in Washington, 53 heads of state came together for the fourth Nuclear Security Summit (NSS). The agenda? Nuclear terrorism.…