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The Case For Resuming India-Pakistan Cricket
When my generation of cricket fans—growing up after the turn of the century—look back on the India-Pakistan cricketing rivalry, there is almost nothing to go by: just one bilateral series in thirteen years and a handful of tournament games. Despite…
The PSGP: A Turning Point for Pakistan and Russia?
At the start of the summer, Pakistan and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement for the implementation of the Pakistan Stream Gas Pipeline Project (PSGP). The pipeline—set to the most substantial economic engagement project between Pakistan and Russia since the 1970s—also…
باڑ کے اس پار: بھارت اور پاکستان میں سائبریکجہتی
رواں برس اپریل میں ٹوئٹر، کووڈ ۱۹ کی (تاحال جاری) دوسری لہر کے دوران بھارتیوں سے اظہار یکجہتی کرنے والے پاکستانیوں کے پیغامات سے بھر گیا تھا۔ ہمدردی کا یہ اظہار نہ صرف دونوں ممالک کے خودساختہ سائبر جنگجوؤں کے…
The Escalatory Risks of India’s Integrated Battle Groups
In recent years, changes in the Indian military have made escalatory risks and the nuclear factor loom larger in the event of any military confrontation. These changes are threefold: a shift to integrated battle groups (IBGs) from corps-sized formations, a…
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…
Strategic Stability & Restraint in South Asia
The interplay of global power competition and nuclear weapon states sharing disputed borders continue to make South Asia one of the most volatile regions in the world today. February 2021 marked two years since the 2019 India-Pakistan Pulwama-Balakot crisis, as…