The Kashmir quagmire: options for Pakistan on September 28, 2019The unresolved Kashmir dispute is at the heart of India-Pakistan conflict. Kashmir is not only a territorial conflict but a matter of Human rights violations and regional stability. Tension between India and Pakistan has grown more perilous since India’s action of scrapping the autonomous status for Occupied Kashmir enshrined in Article 370 of (India’s) Constitution […]
29th Plenary Meeting: India-Pakistan applications remain on NSG docket on July 5, 2019Stalemate at Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on admission of non-NPT countries has persisted for the fourth consecutive year as the group’s 29th annual plenary held at Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) on June 20 -21 ended without progress on the matter. Consensus on the issue has eluded the 48 member global nuclear trade ever since the matter of […]
Any honest peace broker around? on April 10, 2019Nuclear armed Pakistan and India have been locked in an endless conflict over Kashmir ever since they came to exist as two independent countries. The conflict has over past couple of decades threatened to spiral out of control on multiple occasions, but luckily each time it was contained and both sides stepped back from the […]
Energy crisis, nuclear safety and the security of Pakistan on October 4, 2018Speaking in the favour of the peaceful use of nuclear energy, on 8 December 1953, President Eisenhower highlighted the significance of nuclear energy to the world by maintaining that, “It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know […]
50 years of NPT marked by nuclear mayhem on August 1, 2018Until the 1980s, worldwide measures to counteract atomic multiplication were generally more effective, yet in the subsequent years the NPT was not successful in countering countries such as North Korea, Iran, Libya and Syria. Due to inadequate mechanism and weaknesses of the treaty, now nine states possess nuclear weapon capability, and approximately 30 states have […]
India’s canister launch of Agni V and implications for regional stability on July 19, 2018The three main nuclear players of Asia, China, India and Pakistan, have established a “triangular” dilemma due to their security concerns. This is manifested through the development of advanced conventional and nuclear weapon forces. China is pursuing a military modernisation program to counter the US in the Asia-Pacific region, whereas India’s development of sophisticated strategic […]
Youm-e-Takbeer: history and significance on May 31, 2018May 28 this year marked the 20th anniversary of the historic moment when Pakistan successfully detonated nuclear devices in the Chagai district, Balochistan; and joined the prestigious club of nuclear weapon states. Pakistan was compelled to test the nuclear weapon in response to a series of nuclear tests by India on May 11 and 13 […]
Modi-Xi Wuhan Summit: a critical analysis of competition and co-operation on May 17, 2018Peoples Republic of China and India are known as the two most populated states of the globe. Both nations have been closely interlinked through history and civilisational interactions; as both are the ancient civilisations of this world. Both countries found their place on the map around the same time period,and both underwent economic transformation around […]
Modi-Xi Wuhan Summit: Critical analysis of competition and cooperation on May 14, 2018People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India are the two most populated states of the world. Both states have been closely interlinked through historical and civilizational interactions. Both countries underwent economic transformation around the same time and turned into big giants in the field of economy. Surprisingly, the growth is almost parallel to each other. […]
South Asia’s missile development on March 16, 2018The South Asia action-reaction dynamics and complex strategic geometry force India and Pakistan to maintain qualitative and quantitative edge in strategic weapons. Both nuclear neighbours are tangled in traditional security competition — enhancing their strategic force capabilities rapidly. India’s pursuit of sophisticated technology and long-range ballistic missile development has not only made Pakistan more determined […]