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 […]
Category: Maritime
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 […]
China’s Gray Zone Tactics in the Indian Ocean
In the last few years, there has been a growing presence of Chinese fishing and research vessels in the waters of the Indian Ocean. Indian […]
Pakistan’s Consolidating Conventional Deterrence: An Assessment
In 2018, Maimuna Ashraf examined Pakistan’s strategic direction since the 1998 nuclear tests, its developing conventional military capabilities, and the consequences this could have for […]
Geopolitics of Indian Ocean Islands in 2019: Takeaways for Traditional Powers
China’s rapidly expanding presence in the Indian Ocean in recent years underlines the emergence of Beijing as a new player in the region. Increasing Sino-Indian […]
Understanding the Indo-Pacific: A Case of Two Rivalries
The concept of the Indo-Pacific has emerged from an evolving mental map of the increasingly contiguous Indian and Pacific Oceans, as well as the growing […]
INDIA, CHINA, AND THE BATTLE OF PERCEPTIONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
In2018, Vivek Mishra assessed the importance of narrative-building, based on both hard and soft power, in the India-China battle for influence among countries in the Indo-Pacific. […]
Sri Lanka’s Maritime Security Dilemma
Within the broad category of maritime security—which encompasses dealing with piracy, terrorism, territorial disputes, trafficking, and natural disasters—an emerging global trend is the push for […]
ASEAN’s Outlook for the Indo-Pacific: An Attempt to Set Rules of the Game
Negating allegations that the grouping takes weak positions on issues of geostrategic sensitivity, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently came out with the […]
Avoiding Incidents at Sea between India and China
Introduction For the last half century, the India-China rivalry has played out on land as both countries consolidated their borders as independent states. Recently, this […]