Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “US Withdrawal from The Inf Treaty: Implications for Global Strategic Stability”

In his speech at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on December 4, 2018, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo stated that at least...

Islamabad Paper – International Nuclear Order: Recent Trends and Implications for Strategic Stability

Abstract This article seeks to identify the recent trends in the international nuclear order, and their implications for strategic stability. Post-1945, the international community wanted...

Issue Brief on “Assessment of US-Russia Arms Control Post Helsinki”

US-Russia relations have been deteriorating for the last few years. The state of the bilateral arms control has also come under threat as a...

How India Sees the World. Saran, Shyam. India: Juggernaut Books, 2017.

Shyam Saran’s book How India Sees the World attempts to explain the Indian foreign policy outlook, the sources of its foreign policy and how...

Challenges to Strategic Stability in South Asia: An Analysis

Abstract The South Asian security environment is in a state of flux due to the rivalry of two nuclear powers, India and Pakistan. The acquisition...

Issue Brief on “US Withdrawal from JCPOA: Impacts for Iran and the P5”

“Pakistan believes that International treaties and agreements concluded through painstaking negotiations are sacrosanct,” emphasized a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following US...

India’s Development of Sea-based Nuclear Capabilities: Implications for Pakistan

Abstract India is rapidly building up its navy in order to develop blue-water capabilities and increase its prowess in the Indian Ocean and beyond, which...

Issue Brief on “Prospects of Nuclear Energy in the Middle East: Current Status and...

Despite dangers associated with the dual-use nature of nuclear technology, its application for peaceful energy purposes is considered as one of the cleanest and...

Issue Brief on “Analyzing the Indo-Iran Chabahar Agreement”

“Towards prosperity through greater connectivity”, was the slogan under which Iran and India signed the interim agreement for handing over the operational control of...

Emerging Paradigm of the Indian Ocean: Arihant’s Prowl and its Regional Implications

Abstract The Indian Ocean has traditionally been less contentious with respect to nuclear issues but recent fielding of the nuclear submarine by India has introduced...

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