In October 1943, at a conference in Moscow United States of America, United Kingdom, Soviet Union and China sat together to revive the old League of Nations; an organization founded in 1920 with the purpose of creating a platform which beyond the interest of any single country, would be capable […]
Indo-Pakistan
Did Pakistan release IAF Pilot Abhinandan due to Indian pressure?
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision to release captured IAF pilot Abhinandan in a unilateral bid to de-escalated Indo-Pakistan tensions has earned him world-wide praise. The decision is being termed as the biggest victory of Imran Khan and a much needed effort towards peace in the region. However, some a […]
The Betrayal of India: How it exposes India’s Mumbai attack hoax
The London Institute of South Asia (LISA) recently organized a discussion on book “Betrayal of India”, written by Mr Elisa Davidson. The discussion was arranged in The House of Lords, Parliament of United Kingdom (UK). The event was attended by around 100 Indians and a majority from Pakistani community. Lord […]
Pakistan SLCMs: An Emerging Challenge to India
The Dawn of 10th January, 2017 brought up a wave of happiness and pride all over Pakistan, when Pakistan successfully tested Babur III submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM). Babur-3, which has a range of 450km, is a sea-based variant of Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) Babur-2. This was successfully tested earlier […]
CPEC And the Growing Indian Frustration: An Analysis
By now it is widely known that the CPEC is a collection of projects. It primarily aims at achieving strong trade links between China and Pakistan. This 46 billion dollars project will allow Pak-China relations to enter a new phase with added economic and strategic dimensions to it. All this development is […]
Kashmir: A Nuclear Flashpoint
There is no denying the fact that the longest lingering and the major issue between Pakistan and India is the Kashmir issue “the unfinished agenda of the partition”. It has often been dubbed as the nuclear flashpoint owing to the fact that it is a constant bone of contention between […]
Divided by Boundaries, United Through Hearts
I had heard many things about India since childhood. I learned about my cousins who lived there, their culture, language and stories of the partition narrated by my grandparents to my mother. My mother recalled her visits to India many a times. Even today, she has hope of finding her […]
The Port Politics: Gwadar and Chabahar
Both Gwadar and Chabahar ports have a unique geostrategic and geopolitical significance. Economically and strategically both are vital choke-points which provide unrestricted access to the Indian Ocean where about 100,000 ships and around 70 percent of the world’s petroleum trade passes each year. The strategic significance of these ports is visibly […]
Debating the Ballistic Missiles Development in South Asia
The definition of minimum credible deterrence has evolved since 1998 when South Asia went nuclear. Governments of both Pakistan and India resolved to have minimum credible deterrence, but as the time passes, the stress on minimum can be seen vanishing. Today, India and Pakistan are trying to purse relation with […]
Nuclear Armed Submarines: Menacing Murky South Asia
Pakistan lately has expressed concern over the latest Indian test of a submarine capable of firing nuclear ballistic missiles, saying the “act will impact the delicate strategic balance in the region”. The test of the nuclear-propelled submarine has been stated as “serious development” resulting into “nuclearization of Indian Ocean”. In […]