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Hybrid warfare

THE 2018 IDEAS Expo in Karachi featured a high-level seminar on hybrid warfare. This was a timely recognition that threats to national security can and do assume complex forms. For…

Stamping out militancy/extremism

Since the February 21 meeting of the National Security Committee announced its decision to accelerate actions against militancy and extremism, action has been in full swing against two externally-oriented militant…

Constitutional Obligations

Constitutional obligations

The will of the people of Pakistan is sacrosanct. This is codified in the very preamble of the constitution of Pakistan: “Whereas sovereignty over the entire Universe belongs to Almighty…

PM Khan’s Four Crucial Tests

PM Khan’s four crucial tests

The holy month of Ramazan will begin this year in the first week of May. By the time the moon is sighted, and Pakistanis celebrate chaand raat, this government will…

Understanding India

Understanding India

Bharat Ganarajya, or the Republic of India, has land boundaries with six countries:  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, Nepal and Pakistan. Here’s an account of India’s relations with its neighbours. Bangladesh-India…

Retracing History

Retracing history

Bahukutumbi Raman, a former spy master at the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) – India’s premier Indian spy agency created with a special focus on Pakistan –  in his book,…

War Through Other Means

War through other means

To many, the strategic construct of the subcontinent was defined in 1947, when the formation of the two nations from a single body on communal lines wrote the script of…

Fruits Of The ‘war-on-terror’

Fruits of the ‘war-on-terror’

Until the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the US-Saudi strategy of creating the Mujahidin as their proxy to confront the Soviet Union, history of terrorism was different. The Indian National…

RAW

RAW

RAW and Tamil Tigers: According to the Jain Commission, which was set up by PM Narasimha Rao, India trained five extremist organisations using the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) –…