Issue Brief on “BJP’s Defeat in West Bengal”
The onset of May 2021 brought with it a remarkable victory in the battlefield of election for Mamata Banerjee, the West Bengal’s Chief Minister,...
Issue Brief on “The Myth of India’s Impeccable Non-Proliferation Record”
On May 6, 2021, the Indian authorities seized 7.1 kg of uranium from two Indian citizens, Jigar Jayesh Pandya and Abu Tahir Afzal Husain...
Issue Brief on “Hurtling Towards a Point of No Return: Palestine Under Siege”
On May 7, 2021, the last Friday of Ramazan, one of the most revered moments of a month whose sanctity in itself enjoins that...
Issue Brief on “US-India Armed Drone Deal: Implications for Pakistan”
To boost its sea, land and air defences, India in March 2021 has made plans to buy 30 MQ-9B armed drones worth US$3...
HIGHER THAN KARAKORAM: SEVEN DECADES OF PAKISTAN-CHINA PARTNERSHIP
Foreword
The enduring strength of Pakistan-China relationship has given rise to an entirely new paradigm. This book is a tribute to the special bilateral relationship...
Strategic Studies (Vol. 41, Spring 2021, No. 1)
Articles
Revisiting the Role of Nuclear Weapons in India-Pakistan Conflict: A Case Study of the Kargil Conflict
Rizwan Zeb
Role of Artificial Intelligence in Defence Strategy:...
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...














