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Sensors, Shooters, and Sea Power: Naval Kill Chains of India and Pakistan
The northern Indian Ocean is an operating environment characterized by vast space, asymmetric threats, uncertainty about adversary intentions, and the proliferation of advanced military technologies. In this environment, the development of India’s and Pakistan’s respective maritime forces reflects their efforts…
Reviving Regionalism through Gender Diplomacy: SAARC and the Care Economy
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), originally envisioned as a platform for regional integration, has struggled to sustain momentum amid bilateral tensions among its member states and successively stalled SAARC Summits over the years. This paralysis is not…
پسِ پردہ: پاکستان کی ہنگور آبدوز اور جنوبی ایشیا میں بحری مزاحمت
پاکستان نے 30 اپریل کو چین کے رسمی دورے کے دوران ہنگور کلاس کی آٹھ آبدوزوں میں سے پہلی کو (بحری دستے میں) شامل (کمیشن) کیا، جس موقع کو پاکستانی صدر آصف علی زرداری نے بحریہ (نیوی) کے لیے 'تاریخی…
Moving Beyond Nomenclature: Enhancing U.S.-India Holistic Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region
In June 2025, the United States’ Department of War announced that it had renamed the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), a geographic combatant command established in 1947 to integrate U.S. forces in Asia-Pacific in service of national security objectives, back to its…
SAV Q&A with Vijaita Singh: Protests, Politics, and Reform in Today’s India
The 37-day protest staged by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) about the leak of exam papers and education policy in India quickly became a referendum on India’s economy, state violence, and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s hold on and approach…
The World Without the Islamabad Memorandum
As tensions between the United States and Iran approach the breaking point, the world is looking to Pakistan, alongside Qatar and Oman, in search of solutions. U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to pause U.S. strikes, offering a fragile window…