Ladakh in the limelight: Part – II
Discussing Ladakh we must keep in mind that last year in August when the Indian government violated its own constitution to make a unilateral announcement of annexing Indian Occupied Kashmir…
Hard choices for US, N Korea at high-stakes summit
After a burst of hectic diplomacy, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's nuclear summit is on course to go ahead - but if it is to live up to the…
Nuclear multipolarity
We have entered the second nuclear age. The emerging international nuclear order is no longer defined by a bipolar strategic nuclear balance between the two opposite great powers capable of…
A changing world
SOME conflicts leave relatively small footprints; others cause ripples in the space-time continuum. Small wars like the ones America launched against Panama and Belize, for instance, have long been forgotten.…
South Korea’s Moon to seek change with North
The election of South Korea's new president Moon Jae-In heralds a sea change in Seoul's approach towards the nuclear-armed North - and puts it on a potential collision course with…
Macron seeks lead EU role in Iran crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to lead European diplomatic efforts to find a face-saving solution to the latest crisis between Tehran and Washington, with the EU looking to buy…
Another conflict in the making?
The specter of a new conflict in the Middle East is haunting millions of people. This is a region that has already witnessed unimaginable destruction because of the reckless policies…
Lest you forget
At Kahuta, we were not only a team of colleagues, but all part of one family. We were all working towards one goal: to make nuclear weapons (and later, a…
A world without nukes
At long last, the advocates of nuclear disarmament have a reason to be optimistic about their journey towards achieving the goals of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). The 2017 Nobel…
Diplomacy, not sanctions
US President Donald Trump had launched his presidential bid on the slogan of ‘Make America Great Again’. He has, in slightly more than a year, made America more isolated and…
