India’s expanded nuclear program threatens environmental security on April 1, 2021Emphatically, India’s expanded nuclear program via US-India nuclear deal –endorsed by the Bush-Obama administration in 2005-2009–represents grave challenges to environmental law for two prime reasons. First, it shows that western support for India’s civilian nuclear program, despite the exclusion of nuclear energy for safety and security does not yield timely emissions reduction benefits because of […]
Bajwa doctrine & the urge of the strategic peacebuilding on March 25, 2021Undeniably there is an organic connection between strategic peacebuilding and the Bajwa doctrine. The Bajwa Doctrine–which consists of a three-pronged strategy that focuses on securing national security, regional peace and bilateralism– seeks total peace on the western borders while it also broadens the scope of peace with our eastern borders if India seriously acknowledges the […]
Pakistan’s acquisition of an advanced missile technology on March 18, 2021India’s acquisition of missile technology (transferred to it by the Western countries) and other high-profile defence equipment is well beyond her legitimate defence requirements. It poses a valid and active threat to Pakistan’s security. To counterpoise India’s cold start doctrine and to prevent the Indian nuclear threat/foreign aggression, Islamabad has adopted an astute security trajectory […]
A likely US-China detente under Biden?-part- 11 on March 14, 2021And China largely reciprocated, thereby criticizing America’s response to the public health crisis and the cascade of social, economic, and political problems that flowed from it. The U.S. rejoined the climate accord on day one of Biden’s presidency but the administration remains mum on whether it would rejoin the TPP-11. Washington was also left out of […]
A likely US-China detente under Biden? Part-1 on March 12, 2021The downward spiral in US–China relations during the Trump era prompted many to assert that the United States and China were entering a ‘new Cold War’. Actually, this framing was the result of the Trump administration’s confrontational stance on China. Yet it appears that the Biden administration’s approach on China could be pragmatically accommodating. U.S. […]
The faltering Gulf-India security collaboration? Part-11 on March 5, 2021As for the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and its allies view in Iran’s policies – in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon or Yemen – the ambitions of a would-be hegemon; they see the Islamic Republic as a growing threat whose regional aspirations need curbing lest it encircles them with its partners and proxies. Tehran for its part sees […]
The faltering Gulf-India security collaboration? Part-1 on March 4, 2021Given the impact of the crosscurrents of the Gulf-India security alliance, it seems a veritable truth that such security cooperation– born out of unnatural bonds –undergoes a faltering status. The recent visit by the Indian Army chief to Saudi Arabia (in December, 2020) has marked not only a major step in the countries’ military dialogue […]
TPNW: Why nuclear disarmament remains a lasting challenge on February 25, 2021There can be no denying the fact that a world free from nuclear weapons would be free from many problems. The current move by the UN to enforce the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on January 22 is a positive initiative, albeit only ideally. The very objective of nuclear disarmament seems far […]
Why Biden’s regime needs to productively work with Pakistan? on February 18, 2021Richard Olson, the former US envoy to Pakistan, through the platform of the US Institute of Peace, has advised the Biden administration to productively work with Pakistan beyond the peaks of enthusiasm and depths of cynicism. The fact remains that Olson’s thinking seems to fit the very interests of diplomatic pragmatism that the US State […]
Resetting the transatlantic relations under Biden? on February 11, 2021Europe and America have traditionally always been allies, but under Donald Trump the US has been acting more unilaterally, withdrawing from treaties and international organisations. With Joe Biden taking over the reins from 20 January, the EU sees it as an opportunity to relaunch cooperation. On 2 December 2020, the European Commission put forward a […]