Pakistan
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Re-Emergence Of Khalistan: The Role Of The Diaspora And Social Media
Abstract: There is a threat of a re-emergence of the idea of Khalistan due to an increase in the propaganda by parts of Sikh diaspora in Western countries, effectively utilizing social media. Further, a sudden spike in social media activity since the opening up of the Kartarpur Corridor in 2019 has raised security concerns. Investigations Read more →
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Blood Stains On Iron Brothers
Abstract: April 26, 2022, marks the first female suicide attack in Pakistan. Four people died, including three Chinese teachers and their Pakistani driver. A terrorist group in Pakistan, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), took responsibility for the attack. The state narrative on this attack was it was on the Pakistan-China cooperation. However, there is more Read more →
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Ambitions Behind The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Abstract: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has added an economic layer to the already diplomatically and politically strong ‘friendship’ between China and Pakistan. Owing to security concerns from India over territorial disputes, the larger threat of terrorism, Pakistan’s weakening economy and ties with Washington, CPEC, while not economically as viable, does extend greater political benefits Read more →
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Pakistan’s Need For Defensive Space Capabilities
Abstract: Emerging and disruptive technologies are certainly transforming modern warfare. As of recent, electronic warfare has become a significant threat through its availability to state and non-state actors. Take for instance South Asian states, which use Electronic Warfare to expand into space, thus broadening their horizons to space militarization. Such militarization is linked to the Read more →
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Pakistan – A Moment Of Reckoning
Abstract: Inherent instability and permanent chaos in an image of a worn-out rope bridge over a ravine is a defining feature of the state of Pakistan. In recent years, two vital lifelines of the state: foreign aid/loan pipeline and cohesion of military – country’s sole powerful institution – have dwindled and eroded. This unprecedented double Read more →
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Kashmir Dispute: The Boiling Cauldron Of The Subcontinent
Abstract: The two bickering neighbours, India and Pakistan, have fought vehemently over the disputed Kashmir territory. The paper traces the claims of both parties and evaluates how both have fought over the territory in the approximate 70 years since the independence of both states. It analyses the recent development where the Indian Government revoked Article Read more →
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The Next Stage in Afghanistan
Abstract: The recent display of lethal power by Taliban adversaries – ISIS-K and a rival south based faction led by Mullah Baradar – has not only eroded any illusions of stability harboured by backers and sponsors of the Kabul regime like Pakistan, China and elements from the West, it has also pushed the Afghan civil Read more →
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A Suicidal-Bombing as Game-Changer
Abstract: As the pundits and analysts were busy accounting for a stunningly swift Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 16, Taliban allies and sympathisers in Islamabad, Beijing and Moscow had just started celebrating. Then, the Kabul bombing, ostensibly carried out by an ISIS branch – ISIS-K – introduced an entirely new set of calculus to Read more →
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Sea-based Platforms in South Asia’s Nuclear Equation
Abstract: India’s imperatives for a sea-based nuclear deterrent arise from its need for strategic autonomy in the world order, which necessitates that its deterrence building is an incremental process until it can be at par with global agenda-setters. While India, not wanting to indulge in an arms race, is not pursuing deterrence by sheer numbers, Read more →
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