When India abrogated Article 370 in August 2019, it claimed that the Kashmir issue was over. For the Indian government, it became something purely internal, part of regular administration like …
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From The Meadow to Mahadev: A Crisis Script Replayed in Pahalgam
On July 29, India’s government claimed it had eliminated the three alleged perpetrators of the April 22 Pahalgam massacre, an attack that killed 26 tourists, including pilgrims and local Kashmiris. …
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Pralay: India’s Attempt to Operationalize Integrated Rocket Force
by Usman Haiderby Usman HaiderA few days ago, India announced two consecutive launches of Pralay short-range ballistic missiles as part of user trials. These tests were conducted to validate the missile’s performance. This marked …
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Why the Global South Supports a Binding Space Treaty – and Why It’s Being Ignored
by Saif Ul Haqby Saif Ul HaqIn the midst of brewing geo-political tensions transcending the terrestrial bounds; weaponization of space is no longer a distant notion, but a plausible reality. Variety of kinetic and non-kinetic …
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How to Survive a Nuclear Apartheid: Exposing the Strategic Distortions Undermining South Asian Deterrence
The Burden of Strategic Discrimination Few states have been subjected to as persistent and institutionalized a form of nuclear discrimination as Pakistan. Since the 1970s, it has contended with a …
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Budgeting Without Boundaries: Why Pakistan’s Fiscal Dysfunction Is More Than Just a Technical Problem
by Hasnat Ahmadby Hasnat AhmadWhen you strip down a country’s budget to its core, it should represent much more than a ledger of numbers. It should be a commitment to priorities, an honest declaration …
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Global Development in Era of Economic Tumult
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ the phrase coming from Charles Dickens famous novel, ‘the tale of two cities,’ well reflects the reality of …
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Assessing the Prospects of China-Iran Alignment amid the 12-Day War
The 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran resulted in the most intense escalation in the Middle East in a decade. It also revealed a critical gap in Iran’s Military capability, …
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A Comparative Analysis of Pakistan-India Diplomatic Response After the Pahalgam Crisis
While the military aspects of the recent India-Pakistan crisis have garnered significant attention, the diplomatic and foreign policy dimensions have received comparatively less focus. Soon after the Pahalgam attack, India …
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Why War is No More an Option between India and Pakistan
by Felix Edgarby Felix EdgarAbstractLatent conflict between nuclear armed rivals India and Pakistan, characterizes fragility of Strategic Stability in South Asia. Breakdown of deterrence, could have catastrophic consequences for the region and beyond. India …