If the UN won’t act, the OIC must.
We live in a world where a singer chanting “Death to the IDF” at Glastonbury is more scandalous than the...
Year: 2025
Deterrence or Destabilization? Dissecting India’s Ambitions in the Indian Ocean
The tradition of basing one’s nuclear weapons at sea began during the Cold War, when the two Cold War arch-rivals;...
Peace in the Crosshairs: The Need to Renew and Reinvigorate NAP 2.0
The assassination of a senior leader of the Awami National Party (ANP), Maulana Khanzeb, on July 10, 2025, in Bajaur,...
Pakistan’s Nuclear Program and the Ongoing Slander
On June 18, 2025, The Wall Street Journal published Sadanand Dhume’s opinion piece titled, “Iran’s Nuclear Pursuit and the Pakistani...
Silicon Sovereignty And Strategic Deterrence: How Taiwan’s Semiconductor Monopoly is Redefining State Power in US -China Rivalry
Introduction In the modern global era technological potential has taken a more central role in the concept of national power...
Strategic Hedging or Strategic Confusion? India’s Rise as a Global Player
The influence of India is growing worldwide, which is quite evident from its multi-alignment moves. Under its G20 presidency, it...
Oxford India Short Introductions: Indian Nuclear Policy
The Oxford Introduction to India: Indian Nuclear Policy, by Harsh V. Pant and Yogesh Joshi, consist of five chapters, each...
Nuclear Deterrence and the Return of Realpolitik
There are three major events that have significantly altered the course of history in the recent past. First, the two...
Literature as a Mirror of Political Turmoil
Literature has always been more than storytelling; it reflects the deeper truths of society, especially during times of political unrest....
Nuclear Stability, Conventional Instability: Rethinking Deterrence After the 2025 India–Pakistan Crisis
India and Pakistan came perilously close to all-out war in May 2025, yet nuclear arsenals held back a full-fledged exchange....