The implications of a nuclearised South Asia on July 26, 2016Technological advances have brought the world to the brink of uncertainty where warfare is not only fought on economic scale but also on proxy level. Low intensity conflicts and terrorism are currently two of the biggest security challenges the international community faces. However, when we talk about unconventional warfare, the development of nuclear weapons since […]
Indias AgustaWestland scandal on May 12, 2016In 2010, the then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government led by former Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh ordered procurement of 12 AgustaWestland AW101 choppers for the Indian Air Force (IAF) for the purpose of transportation of VVIP delegations. The deal was worth 733 million dollars, but in 2013 it was revealed that the AgustaWestland’s […]
Expansion of UN Security Council on May 6, 2016Recently, Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) were held at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York for reforming the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). At the IGN, the Group of Four (G4) member countries, which include India, Japan, Germany and Brazil, strongly lobbied for expanding the permanent membership of the council. Plans for reforms in the […]
Weak institutions: Pakistans Achilles heel on April 23, 2016On Thursday, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif sacked half a dozen high-ranking military officials over various charges includingthat of corruption. This is an unprecedented move by General Sharif,as there is no previous instance of any such case in the history of Pakistan military where an acting chief of army staff took such […]
Weak institutions: Pakistans Achilles heel on April 22, 2016On Thursday, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif sacked half a dozen high-ranking military officials over various charges includingthat of corruption. This is an unprecedented move by General Sharif,as there is no previous instance of any such case in the history of Pakistan military where an acting chief of army staff took such […]
Tackling Islamophobia is my first priority on April 11, 2016Ms Sara Aslam is a British-Pakistani Cambridge and King’s College London educated corporate lawyer who is currently working at a top London-based international law firm. She was recently elected as the new chairperson of the Oxbridge Muslim Alumni, an organisation that has been dedicated to the interests of Muslim graduates from the universities of Oxford […]