Maimuna Ashraf

In the pre-nuclear age, the question of credibility in executing the threat was not a vital problem because the mighty side having the military means could carry out threat or launch an offensive while the weaker side was not allowed to take an aggressive action. Thus, the military means and the willingness were two foremost […]

The South Asian nuclear states are intertwined in a traditional security competition and rapidly enhancing its nuclear capabilities. Currently, both Pakistan and India have enough nuclear capable bombers, warheads and ballistic and cruise missiles. Notwithstanding this aspect, the robust modernization and enlargement of India’s military arsenals has significantly increased the size of its conventional and […]

The strategic landscape of China, India and Pakistan contours the regional environment because three states share commonalities about historical conflicts, geography and power acquisition.In theSouth Asian region, the arms race is proportional to the nuclear developments of India.In order toachieve significant superiority over Pakistan and satisfactory status quo with China, India has recentlyaugmented its nuclear […]

Japan is expanding its strategic landscape by improving relations with India. India has been repeatedly reported to have often shown reservations in welcoming the Japanese delegation to the annual Malabar naval exercise between India and the US, notwithstanding pressure from the latter. India’s reluctance was seemingly intended to avoid Chinese provocation. At that time, Japan’s […]

Dr Kenneth T Bainbridge was the physicist who directed the first atomic bomb test, and Trinity was the codename given to the world’s first nuclear explosion by Dr J Robert Oppenheimer, known as the ‘father of atomic bomb’ for leading the World War II Manhattan Project that produced the first atomic bomb. His reaction to […]

The world first observed the phenomenon of mass destruction during the last days of World War II in August 1945 when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were hit by two nuclear bombs. The nuclear bomb had never been tested before, and for the first time it was tested during World War II. Human beings and infrastructure at […]

Notwithstanding several official clarifications, curiosity continues. The repeated rejections that no deal would come out of Sharif’s visit to Washington have flaunted a certain impression. Albeit, it was already being expected that any deal would not be likely to come to fruition during Sharif’s visit and the post-dialogue preliminary reports also avowed that US officials […]