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Return to articleResolving Balochistan’s Multidimensional Crisis: Reconciliation and Reforms
Pakistan is a fragile democracy, and the treatment of Balochistan by the Pakistani military and civilian establishment exposes its democratic facade. Federal and provincial governments have failed to address separatist elements in Balochistan, improve human rights conditions, prevent democratic backsliding,…
Data Secrecy is Stymieing Climate Cooperation in South Asia
Two events in June 2023 highlighted how climate-induced disasters increasingly have a transboundary impact and how a lack of data transparency limits how countries can respond. As Cyclone Biparjoy approached the coasts of Pakistan and India that month, newspaper reports…
نام میں کیا رکھا ہے؟ جنوبی اشیا کے میزائلوں کے ناموں کی اشتقاقیات
زبان نہ صرف ذریعۂ ابلاغ کا کام دیتی ہے بلکہ سامعین پر ایک اہم سائکو لینگوسٹیک (زبان دانی سے متعلقہ نفسیاتی )اثر بھی ڈالتی ہے۔ الفاظ کا مخصوص انتخاب کسی بھی امر کی اہمیت کو زیادہ یا کم کرسکتا ہے اور غیر محسوس انداز…
Political Cooperation Can Stem the Resurgent Threat of Militancy in Pakistan
Pakistan faces a resurgent wave of militancy, and Islamabad’s previous gains against it are at risk. Against this backdrop, a controversial election season marked by militant violence came to an end. In the past few weeks, attacks on election campaigns,…
Political Incentives Will Determine the Next India-Pakistan Missile Agreement
March 9, 2024, marked two years since an Indian BrahMos cruise missile misfired, accidentally landing in Pakistan’s Mian Channu city. While global attention at the time concentrated on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing nuclear risks, the incident in…
Agni-V: The New MIRV Race in South Asia
On March 11, 2024, India’s Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced the successful test of a land-based nuclear missile equipped with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. The missile test, named Mission Divyastra, launched from Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Island…