Year: 2025

Fractured Earth surrounded by soldiers and national flags symbolizing escalating global conflicts, including Israel versus Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, and Russia versus Ukraine, against a backdrop of destruction and rising smoke.

Global Stability Undermined: War Escalation and Diplomatic Fractures

Huma Kashif June 17, 2025

The world is gripped by fear and worry. We’re already suffering from the long, harsh...

A realistic digital illustration showing Russia facing missile and cybersecurity threats. Two black missiles fly with fiery exhaust, a black missile with circuit patterns launches from the right, while a red map of Russia with a golden hammer and sickle dominates the center. Computer screens with code and padlock icons emphasize cyber vulnerabilities.

MISSILES, METADATA, MISSTEPS: INSIDE RUSSIA’S HISTORIC SECURITY BREACH:

Javeria Tariq June 15, 2025

Security breaches happen almost all over the world but this time when technology is getting...

A digital illustration depicting India and Pakistan in their national colors, with a fighter jet launching a missile from India towards Pakistan, symbolizing military aggression and conflict.

Preemption or Provocation?

Asadullah Raisani June 14, 2025

On April 22, four terrorists opened fire on tourists in Pahalgam, in the Indian Illegally...

A stylized digital illustration displaying a lineup of modern military weapons, including a K-4 ballistic missile, an attack helicopter, a battle tank, an artillery cannon, and an assault rifle, all silhouetted against a textured orange background.

Regional Arms Control at Risk: The K-4 Missile and Its Escalating Impact on South Asia

Muhammad Shahzad Akram June 12, 2025

The K-4, also known as Kalam-4, is an intermediate-range submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) developed by...

Silhouettes of two soldiers facing each other with rifles raised, one wearing the Indian flag and the other the Pakistani flag, with a tank between them and a fighter jet overhead amid rising smoke.

War Does Not Bring a Peaceful End: Realists Looking at the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict

Amna Imtiaz June 12, 2025

In May 2025, a new and dangerous confrontation between India and Pakistan took place on...

A digital illustration showing a rocket launching on the left side, divided by barbed wire from Earth, documents labeled "National Policies," and a red book on the right side, set against a starry space background.

Battling the iron curtain of space capitalism through national policies

Muhammad Hamza Chaudhary June 12, 2025

As the world struggles to fight its battles with the horrifying terrors of looming nuclear...

Mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion on the left side and the Indian national flag on the right side, symbolizing the Pokhran-II nuclear tests.

Revisiting India’s Pokhran-II Nuclear Tests of 1998: Reality Beyond the Rhetoric

Sana Ahmed June 12, 2025

India’s May 1998 Pokhran-II nuclear tests, though hailed domestically as a bold assertion of strategic...

Illustration of an Iranian statesman in formal attire, set against a backdrop featuring the Iranian flag, a mosque dome, and a nuclear symbol, symbolizing Iran’s nuclear negotiations.

Tehran’s Tipping Point: Pezeshkian’s Reformist Vision in Nuclear Negotiations

Muhammad Ahmad Murtaza June 10, 2025

Iran is looking different with the change in command at the highest level, although the...

Silhouettes of two fighter jets fly across the backdrop of Indian and Pakistani flags, symbolizing military tension and air power dynamics.

Assessing the Role of Air Power in the 2025 India-Pakistan Standoff

Shamil Abdullah Saleh June 6, 2025

Following ‘Operation Sindoor’—which likely became the largest aerial battle in modern warfare, with over a...

A collection of nuclear warheads with radiation symbols, positioned in front of the Indian national flag and a missile, set against a world map background.

Alarming Increase in Stockpile of India’s Nuclear Weapons: Regional and Global Implications

Iraj Abid June 1, 2025

According to the 2023 and 2024 yearbooks of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the...