Despite the notion that Pakistan is a democratic republic with a parliament, the army has ruled for half of its 74-year history. Since 1947, Pakistan has been controlled by four different military rulers after three military coups. The Nati...
After leaving the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine has indeed been eager to forge its own path, establishing deeper ties with other part of Europe. Although, Ukraine has had tight relations with Russia, which is determined to retain the countr...
The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020, and endowed a pandemic status on March 12, 2020. COVID-19 remains an unprecedented public health crisis having global an...
Pakistan always remain in the limelight for one reason or the other. Majority of times it is the domestic political situation that wreaks havoc. Nearly 75 years since it was formed and still it didn’t have any single elected Prime Minister ...
The 21st century is witnessing unprecedented challenges from the existing war of propaganda and false narratives among the global powers. Russia invaded Ukraine a few weeks ago on the pretext of demilitarizing and denazifying the country. P...
On 15 August 2021, the Taliban seized the capital of Afghanistan, and soon after this, it has brought almost all of it under its control. The siege began two weeks before the deadline set by the United States to retreat its troops following...
North Korea launched an unidentified projectile off its east coast. According to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, this unidentified projectile, thought to be a short-range ballistic missile, flew from Jagang Province in North Korea's no...
NATO and Russia are again at loggerheads concerning the Ukraine issue. Russia with its huge army is knocking at the doorsteps of Europe. The issue of who shoulders the responsibility of Europe’s defence is again at the fore. Looking critica...
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy carried out a seven-day long anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Philippine Sea this month. Such military exercises are a successful measure to learn about the development in ...
From a structural realist point of view, in an anarchic system, states are fearful and suspicious of each other due to their 'inscrutable intentions'. As a result, they constantly face security dilemmas where any step by a state to increase...
The year 2021 has been one of the most dramatic years for cross-strait relations in the 21st century. The Republic of China (Taiwan’s official name) that came into existence after Mao Zedong’s civil war in 1949 has been claimed by Beijing u...
The outbreak of COVID-19 exposed the over-reliance of Japanese companies upon China's manufacturing capacities. In the midst of a trade war between the US and China, the latter country is facing a huge blowback from its Asian trading partne...
