Non-proliferation never ran smoothly on October 4, 2017The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) remains the only treaty through which mankind endeavours to curb nuclear proliferation and disarm nuclear arsenals. The enactment of NPT would earn great security reimbursements by affirming that the majority of states, which are non-nuclear, remain so. Amid World War II, none of the significant belligerents […]
US-North Korea brinkmanship: anticipating escalation on September 30, 2017The US is the primary ‘boogeyman’ in North Korean propaganda. Totalitarian regimes need an arch-enemy to fit their nationalistic narrative around and against which the population can be united. Kim Jong Un needs the US to act like it’s enemy, so it is quite likely that the ongoing bellicose rhetoric will escalate even further The […]
BRICS declaration and the shifting equation on September 25, 2017Notwithstanding the defense against US on the issue of terrorism, China looks as if it has taken an astonishing novel turn on the subject. The declaration espoused at the recent BRICS summit in Xiamen, China has denounced terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and also named three key Pakistan-based terrorist groups; the Haqqani network, […]