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 […]
Category: Military
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Toeing the Line: Media Behavior and Public Messaging During the Pulwama/Balakot Crisis
Last February, a suicide bombing on an Indian security force convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway—considered the deadliest attack ever carried out in Jammu & Kashmir […]
The Regional Implications of the U.S.-Taliban Agreement
As the United States and the Afghan Taliban inked an agreement to end the almost two-decade-long war in Afghanistan on February 29, many onlookers welcomed […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pakistan’s Highest Court Suspends the Army Chief’s Term Extension. What Now?
Last week, the Supreme Court of Pakistan suspended a government-issued directive that approved a three-year term extension for the current chief of army staff. It’s […]
Rebuilding the Wuhan Spirit in India-China Relations
In the aftermath of the Doklam standoff between the Indian and Chinese militaries in the summer of 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi […]