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U.S.-China Détente? Implications for India
U.S. President Donald Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing in mid-May, with the two principals slated to meet several more times this year. For any country, relations between these two powers are incredibly consequential; for India, with China…
ہمہ موسمی سے ہمہ گیری تک: پاک-چین خلائی تعاون اور جنوبی ایشیائی سلامتی
پاک-چین تعلقات، جو’’نہ ٹوٹنے والے اورمضبوط‘‘ ہیں، اب زمین، سمندر اور ہوا کے دوائرِکار سے بڑھ کر خلائی مدار تک پھیلتے نظر آ رہے ہیں، جو اتحادوں کو مضبوط کرنے اور طاقت کے مظاہرے کے لیے ایک اہم میدان بنتا…
Southern Asia’s Nuclear Shift: Why New Delhi and Beijing Are Breaking Their Peacetime Taboo
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2026 recently reported that India expanded its nuclear arsenal in 2025, increasing it from 180 to 190. But the starkest revelation was that India for the first time might be actively deploying…
Beneath the Surface: Pakistan’s Hangor Submarine and Maritime Deterrence in South Asia
On April 30, Pakistan commissioned the first of eight Hangor-class submarines during an official visit to China, an occasion that Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari called a “historic milestone” for the navy. Pakistan inducted the submarine, which is jointly produced…
South Asia’s Gulf Dependence: Lessons from the Iran War
The interim agreement between the United States and Iran brought cautious relief after nearly four months of war, but questions remain about what comes next. The accord, signed in mid-June 2026, extended the cessation of hostilities for 60 days while…
From All-Weather to All-Domain: China-Pakistan Space Cooperation and South Asian Security
The “unbreakable and rock-solid” China-Pakistan relationship appears to be extending beyond the land, sea, and air domains into orbital space, an increasingly critical arena for embedding alliances and projecting power. From the launch of Pakistan’s Badar-1 satellite in 1990, space…