International Liberal Order: Competing Trends and Narratives
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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’
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‘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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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...
Sino-Indian Strategic Balancing in Nepal
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This article examines Sino-Indian power balancing in Nepal to explore Kathmandu’s policy options for security. Traditionally, both regional giants have sought to co-opt Nepal...
Pakistan-GCC Relationship: Reframing Policy Trajectories
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For some time, Pakistan’s Gulf policy has largely focused on upholding cultural and religious ties, rather than building sustainable economic linkages. Though energy resources...
