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AI-Powered Influence Operations and South Asian Fault Lines
A recent report by a U.S.-based social analytics firm uncovered its first state-aligned operation to create deceptive political content using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated video footage. According to the report, a pro-Chinese influence operation disseminated AI-generated news anchors at Wolf News, a fictitious…

How the US-India iCET Can Drive New Age Technology Diplomacy
The inaugural meeting of the India-US Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) was held on January 31st of this year in Washington, DC. The meeting, which was led by the National Security Advisors on both sides, was one of…

Making the “Indian Dream” of Digital Upward Mobility into Reality
On November 22, Indian Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar stated that India has converted its “soft power” into “software power” while speaking at the UNESCO India-Africa Hackathon. The Hackathon itself was an example of this transformation: the event convened over 600…

پاکستان کی نئی حکمت عملی: ٹیکنالوجی کی بنیاد پر تعاون
جنوری ۲۰۲۱ میں پاکستان نے اپنی پہلی قومی سلامتی پالیسی (این ایس پی) جاری کی جس میں اس کی توجہ کا مرکز جغرافیائی سیاسیات سے ہٹ کے جغرافیائی معیشت رہا ۔ صنعت کاری نیز جنوبی ایشیا، مشرق وسطیٰ، افریقہ اور…

Pakistan’s New Strategy: Technology-Based Cooperation
In January 2021, Pakistan released its first-ever National Security Policy (NSP), shifting its focus from geopolitics to geo-economics. Pakistan’s renewed interest in industrialization and regional connectivity with Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Eurasia is due to past failures…

What India Can Learn from China’s 5G Leap
On October 1, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that 1.3 billion Indian citizens would soon be able to use fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology for high-speed internet services across the country. Leading Indian telecom companies Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel, and…