Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Impact of Karot Hydro Power Project on Pakistan Economy

Abstract Pakistan has been facing the problem of energy crisis since 2007 and it has adversely affected the productivity and growth of the economy. To...

US-Iran Tensions and Instability in Iraq: Role of the Popular Mobilisation Units

Abstract Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) is the largest umbrella organisation in Iraq encompassing more than 40 of these paramilitary forces with many of them having...

International Liberal Order: Competing Trends and Narratives

Abstract China’s foreign policy under the leadership of Xi Jinping took a shift from conservative to more liberal political and economic strategies. This change in...

China: ‘Rising Threat’ or ‘Rising Peace’

Abstract ‘China threat’ as a western foreign policy orientation and ‘Peaceful rise’ which later became ‘Peaceful development’ concept of Hu Jintao administration is debated...

Militarisation of Artificial Intelligence and Future of Arms Control in South Asia

Abstract Like other emerging technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a dual-use technology with wider applications in military domain ranging from its integration with existing weapon...

Growing Chinese Presence in the Indian Ocean: Prospects and Challenges

Abstract The ‘String of Pearls’ strategy attributed to China for growing its relations with the states situated around the Indian Ocean (IO) in order to...

Revisiting the Role of Nuclear Weapons in India-Pakistan Conflict: A Case Study of the...

Abstract The Kargil conflict is categorised as a “staircase nuclear conflict.” According to the literature, in such conflicts, the incentives for the first use of...

Role of Artificial Intelligence in Defence Strategy: Implications for Global and National Security

Abstract This study analyses the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the defence strategy of high-end technology states and its implications for regional states’ national...

Case of US Unilateralism at the UN

Abstract The new world order has been instrumental in shaping and promoting multilateralism over the last seven decades. The end of the World War II...

US Indo-Pacific Strategy: Implications for South Asia

Abstract The term ‘Indo-Pacific’ was first coined by the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in his speech delivered to the Indian parliament in 2007 which...

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