The modern nation state system is understood as a political system comprising numerous states, big and small, divided across national identities through physical boundaries that cannot be transcended outside the…

For more than six months, the Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) has remained in a lockdown.  Indian authorities have committed mass crimes in the held valley which legally constitute as international crimes….

Key Points:  In March 2020, members of the Israeli parliament will hold their unprecedented third election in a year. From the Pakistani perspective, Netanyahu can be single-handedly credited for catapulting…

As Pakistan braces for traditional power-play in its neighbourhood along with the emergence of advanced and unregulated technologies, there are legitimate concerns about the existing organisational structure of the Foreign…

On 12th February 2020, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s federal cabinet approved the Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules 2020. Unlike the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act of 2016 (PECA-2016), which…

Of late, the Economic Coordination Committee, in order to deal with the wheat shortage and price hike of flour in the country, gave approval for importing 0.3 million tonnes of…

In theory and practice, civil-military balance is an over-arching theme of national security policies of modern democratic states. In 1957, Samuel Phillips Huntington, a renowned American political scientist, in his…

The Citizenship Amendment Act is one amongst many steps taken by the Indian government to practically consolidate its Hindutva agenda. Immediate fall-outs of the amendment, however, are proving to be…

In John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’, when Belial, a fallen angel, argues in favor of ending the war in heaven, he tries to unnerve his fellow rebels with the fear of…

The Indian state of Maharashtra experienced a political impasse over government formation this November, following the state-election of Vidhan Sabha (Lower House). Amidst this political deadlock, leadership of Bharatiya Janata…