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First IPPAS Mission And Pakistan’s Nuclear Security Regime
On 9 October 2026, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) concluded its first International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission in Pakistan. The mission was carried out at Pakistan’s own invitation, and international experts reviewed the national legal and regulatory framework for nuclear security. The IAEA’s Deputy Director General welcomed the mission’s completion and described it as a well-established nuclear security regime.
Europe's Nuclear Reckoning
For eighty years, Europe’s peace has rested on a commitment made in Washington, that an attack on one ally would be treated as an attack on all, backed by the full weight of the American nuclear arsenal. That promise is not gone, but it is fraying at the edges, and Europeans are, for the first time in a generation, seriously deliberating what comes next.
America’s Drone Dominance Program and FPV Reckoning
For two decades, the United States military watched cheap, lethal drones reshape every battlefield it did not fight on. The Drone Dominance Program is the most serious admission yet that the world’s most powerful military had been optimizing for the wrong kind of war. There is a particular kind of institutional blindness that afflicts numerically superior military powers.
مغربی ایشیا میں فضائی جنگ: پاکستان کے لیے اسباق
28 فروری 2026 کو امریکہ اور اسرائیل کا ایران پر حملے کا آغاز ایران کے فضائی دفاعی نظامات کو کمزور کرنے، فضائی برتری حاصل کرنے اور ایران کے مختلف مقامات کو جنگی حکمتِ عملی کے تحت نشانہ بنانے کے لیے تھا۔ اپنے فضائی دفاع میں ہم آہنگ سازی (انٹیگریشن) کی کمی اور دقیانوسی فضائی فوج کے سبب ایران نے اب تک علاقائی امریکی فوجی چھاؤنیوں پر جوابی کارروائیوں میں حیران کُن طور پر مؤثر سستے ڈرونز اور بیلسٹک میزائلوں پر انحصار کیا ہے۔ مغربی ایشیائی ریاستوں کے ساتھ اپنے قریبی فوجی تعلقات اور حالیہ بھارتی فوجی...
India’s Drone Production Ecosystem Is Evolving
Recent conflicts have triggered a palpable surge in drone production, particularly in countries including United States, China, Israel, Turkiye, Ukraine, and Iran. Mainly spearheaded by the private sector, with the exception of China, drone production is allowing states involved in active combat to meet their own operational battlefield requirements.
India’s Drone Production Ecosystem Is Evolving
New Delhi’s accelerating militarization of drone technologies not only risks deepening existing asymmetries, but will also fuel a regional drone arms race. By Hammad Waleed and Maryam Raashed Credit: Subscribe for ads-free reading Recent conflicts have triggered a palpable surge in drone production, particularly in countries including United States, China, Israel, Turkiye, Ukraine, and Iran.
Lessons from AI Enabled Warfare for Pakistan’s Defense
Pakistan’s defense planners are navigating one of the most consequential technological transitions in the history of modern warfare, yet the dominant discourse within the country’s strategic community remains focused on hardware instead of software.
Facing the TTP Drone Threat in Pakistan Original
In recent years, drones have become a common sight in many areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), thanks in large part to their use by Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and their affiliates against Pakistani law enforcement agencies (LEAs). These groups have used drones, especially quadcopters, to carry out increasingly sophisticated strikes against police and army positions and to record their operations for social media posts.
The Rise of a Military-Tech - Stratheia
The book “AI, Automation, and War: The Rise of a Military-Tech Complex” is, at its core, a work of sociological revisionism directed at one of the most consequential debates in contemporary strategic studies. The writer, Anthony King holds the Chair of War Studies at the University of Exeter, where he currently serves as Director of the Strategy and Security Institute.
The Air War in West Asia: Lessons for Pakistan
The U.S. and Israeli attack against Iran starting on February 28, 2026, aimed to degrade Iranian air defense systems, achieve air superiority, and strategically target sites across Iran. Given its lack of air defense integration and outdated air force, Iran has thus far leaned on cheap drones and ballistic missiles to retaliate against regional U.S. military installations to surprising effect.
Submarine Cables as Strategic Assets: Security, Economics, and Global Competition
Beneath the world’s oceans lies one of the most consequential infrastructures of the modern era. Submarine fiber optic cables form the physical backbone of the global internet, transmitting an estimated 95 to 99 percent of international data traffic. Financial transactions, cloud computing, diplomatic communications, and routine digital interactions all depend on these undersea systems.
From Air Superiority to Air Denial: The Global Turn Toward Integrated Air Defence Systems (IADS)
The fast-paced innovation in the Ukraine-Russia war, Indo Pak War and Iran-Israel conflict has made countries rush back to the drawing board of traditional military and aerial war doctrines. This has been accelerated by the emergence of disruptive technologies like drones and also the visible redundancy of traditional air defense in the last few conflicts across the globe, i.e., Iraq, Libya, Syria, Armenia, and Ukraine, to name a few.
Quadcopters Have Become the Taliban’s New Weapon – and Pakistan Is Not Ready | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Pakistani terrorist groups have started using small drones to terrorize local populations and target the already-stretched security forces, which are, so far, extremely vulnerable to this style of warfare and need a comprehensive recalibration of policy choices.
Why India Cannot Replicate Israel
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ruling party in India, is a political offshoot of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). RSS and the current Indian ruling elite share a profound love for the Zionists in Israel and condone their transgressions in the occupied Palestinian lands. The relations between India and Israel have grown significantly since Modi took power in 2013. Especially, the defense cooperation between India and Israel has grown multifold.
South Asia : From Pulwama to Pahalgam Faceoff
Following the recent attack in Pahalgam in Illegally Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir; when armed assailants opened fire on tourists in broad daylight resulting in a number of civilian casualties, South Asia appears to be once again on the precipice of an escalation.
Forced to choose in a new technopolar order
Great power competition is no longer waged only on battlefields – it has transcended into the realm of microchips, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. In this emerging “technopolar” order, where control over advanced technology will determine the trajectory of global power, the US and China are engaged in a fierce struggle to define the architectural framework of the 21st century.
Decoding French AI Summit: The Global AI Race Enters a New Phase — Global Defense Insight
The French AI Action Summit, held in Paris on February 10-11, marked a significant step in France’s push to establish itself as a key player in global Artificial Intelligence development. Hosted at the historic Grand Palais, the summit showcased France’s commitment to technological advancement, blending policy discourse, industry collaboration, and diplomatic engagement.
Trumpets of Trump’s Transactional Foreign Policy and Pakistan
Pakistan, like all other developing countries, finds itself at a crossroads of unpredictability. It is not a subjective unpredictability but rather the anxiety that is being stoked in all foreign capitals, particularly those of U.S. allies and partners.
Bridging the Gap: Pakistan’s Renewed Call for Nuclear Non-Proliferation — Global Defense Insight
In the shadow of the lush green Margalla Hills, a conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation was organized by the Strategic Vision Institute, a think tank focused on strategic stability, nuclear weapons, and Non-Proliferation.
What To Make Of Ukraine’s Foray In Kursk? — Global Defense Insight
The August of 2024 has been marked by significant developments in the Ukrainian war theatre, where geopolitical dynamics and military tactics have become the subject of extensive debate and, for valid reasons, transformation. The “fog of war,” as Clausewitz describes it, remains a significant obstacle not only for military strategists engaged in active combat but also for researchers who seek to theorize conflict patterns and develop plausible forecasts for regional security.
Empowering a Digital Pakistan: IRS Conference
7:56 pm• Press Release, Published Content, Uncategorized Speaking at the Empowering a Digital Pakistan conference organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) and Center of Pakistan and International Relations (COPAIR), Ahsan Iqbal, Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, said that the government was committed to bringing a digital transformation in Pakistan while working with all the stakeholders, underlining that there was no path to prosperity except...
Escalating Frictions: What Lies Ahead For Pak-Afghan Relations?
Ever since the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021, optimism in Pakistan regarding the Taliban regime has been diminishing. This is primarily due to an increase in terroristactivities that evoke painful memories of the decade from 2007 to 2017, when Pakistan was subjected to the worst forms of religious-driven terror, largely from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Escalating Frictions: What Lies Ahead For Pak-Afghan Relations?
Pakistan, May 25 -- Ever since the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021, optimism in Pakistan regarding the Taliban regime has been diminishing. This is primarily due to an increase in terroristactivities that evoke painful memories of the decade from 2007 to 2017, when Pakistan was subjected to the worst forms of religious-driven terror, largely from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Harvest of Hardship: Understanding Pakistan and its Wheat Crisis
He writes on a diverse range of topics such as geopolitics, economy, social inequality, governance, and other important current affairs stories in national and international spheres. What is being seen and reported in the news regarding farmers’ protests in Punjab is a crisis of great magnitude on account of its potential repercussions on socio-political stability.
Chabahar Port Agreement Between India and Iran
Ms Maria Sadaqat is pursuing a BSc in Accounting and Finance from IBA, Karachi. The US has traditionally had an impact on relations between Iran and India as in the Middle East, Iran is thought to pose the biggest threat to Western interests. Iran is viewed as the region’s biggest opponent by Israel, the US proxy in the area.
Interactive Session on Reinvigorating SAARC at IRS
During an interactive session on “Reinvigorating SAARC” organized by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), SAARC Secretary General, Ambassador Md. Golam Sarwar called for a fresh and committed approach to address the challenges that have hindered SAARC’s progress for decades. He also stressed that the organization’s future success depends on member states setting aside political differences and prioritizing regional cooperation.
Asabiyyah by Ibn Khaldun and Nationalism in the Subcontinent
Syeda Seerat is an MPhil scholar at Quaid-I-Azam University and a research associate with the South Asia Times. Born in 1332, a Tunisian historian, sociologist, and historiographer, Ibn Khaldun is considered one of the greatest minds the Muslim world has produced. His primary work, titled Muqaddimah, has been regarded as one of the greatest works in which he explained the nature of history in a systematic manner.
Beyond Security Narratives: The Dilemma of Youth in Pakistan
He is a graduate of International Relations based in Islamabad. He is an independent researcher who writes on issues of national security, geopolitics, counter-terrorism, and public policy. Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has battled political instability and governance woes. It has embroiled itself in conflicts that have had a trickle-down effect on Pakistani society. The current “youth dilemma” is an unfortunate consequence.
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