Time to be proactive, not reactive on September 7, 2015Continuous firing on the Line of Control (LoC) by India, resulting in the death of several civilians, has finally caught the attention of the international community. There is speculation in Pakistan that the US National Security Adviser (NSA) Susan Rice’s visit to Pakistan was aimed specifically to defuse India-Pakistan tensions, whereas contrary to this, according […]
Significance of South Asian deterrence on May 30, 2015The year 1998 observed the overt nuclearisation of South Asia when archrivals, India and Pakistan detonated their nuclear devices. The year is celebrated as the advent of a second nuclear age, the first being the Cold War that ended in 1991. So, the peril of horizontal proliferation in South Asia embodied another nuclear arms race […]
Modis adventurism and its upshots on November 1, 2014The aggressive behaviour and provocative policies of an emerging nuclear so-called responsible state is worth noting in the current milieu. The existing elected government or, more precisely, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) aggressive military posture concerns both China and Pakistan. It was being observed at the time of the formulation of Indian foreign policy that […]
Pakistans attempt for Afghanistan peace on July 2, 2013The conflict in Afghanistan affects, and under certain conditions, will exacerbate the region’s instabilities: ethnic and religious conflict, Islamic extremism, transnational criminal activities, drug trafficking, resource exploitation issues, poor governance, and great power rivalries. As Afghanistan is under severe unrest and turmoil since more than 30 years, an active participation is needed from all the […]