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India and Pakistan’s Development of Drones: Implications for Strategic Stability
On 23 August, 2024, a small Indian drone was spotted across the Line of Control in the airspace over Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a reminder of the ever-present tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. While Pakistan claims it shot down the drone,…
سی پیک کو بچانے کے لیے، پاکستان کی چین پالیسی میں اصلاح کی ضرورت ہے
پاکستان کے وزیر اعظم شہباز شریف رواں ماہ کے اوائل میں صدر شی جن پنگ اور دیگر اعلیٰ چینی حکام سے ملاقاتوں کے بعد تقریباََ خالی ہاتھ وطن واپس پہنچ گئے ہیں۔ چین نے واضح انضباطِ اوقات ( ٹائم لائن) کے تحت پاکستان میں بڑے منصوبوں کے لئے سرمایہ کاری کا وعدہ نہیں کیا۔ اس […]
For Arms Control to Thrive in South Asia, a Bilateral Consultative Body is Crucial
India and Pakistan have not held significant bilateral arms control talks since 2008, constituting the longest period without such discussions since the 1980s. There are two plausible policy explanations for this. First, India and Pakistan typically discuss arms control as…
A New Era in Sri Lanka?: Implications of Dissanayake’s Presidency
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the leftist National People’s Power (NPP), rode a popular anti-establishment vote to power in last weekend’s Sri Lankan presidential election. The election, the first to be held at any level in the country since 2020,…
Are India-China Ties on the Mend?
In the past few months, there has been a sudden uptick in official interactions between India and China. Their foreign ministers met twice in July, followed by the 30th and 31st rounds of the Working Mechanism for Consultation & Coordination…
India Must Match China’s Speedy Moves in Bangladesh’s New Political Landscape
In early September, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen met with Shafiqur Rahman, the chief of the Bangladeshi political party Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), at the party's central office in Dhaka. According to various reports, Yao termed the JeI a "well-organized" and…