Pakistan
Pakistani Senator Addresses BRICS Seminar in Johannesburg
PAKISTAN OBSERVER - APLN member Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed has become the first from Pakistan address the summit of BRICS, a group of major emerging economies, in Johannesburg.
Pakistan’s New Nuclear Strategy Is a Crisis in the Making
NATIONAL INTEREST - APLN Senior Research Adviser Manpreet Sethi argues that proposals to deploy front-line tactical nuclear weapons, on the basis that India will not respond to their usage, are folly.
25 Years of Nuclear India and Pakistan: Crisis Communications Must be Made a Priority
IPCS - APLN Senior Research Adviser Manpreet Sethi writes that while India and Pakistan have observed 25 years without incident, it would be naïve to dismiss the possibility of future dangers.
25 Years Since South Asia's Nuclear Tests
Four scholars explain where they see the India-Pakistan nuclear dynamics heading in the next 25 years.
What Protests in Pakistan Against Imran Khan’s Arrest Mean for China
SCMP - APLN member C. Uday Bhaskar argues that public anger at the previously sacrosanct institution of the army, which Beijing has close links with, could risk Chinese interests in Pakistan.
C Uday Bhaskar Speaks With Mayank Chhaya on Pakistan’s Compounded Crises
SOUTH ASIA MONITOR - APLN member C. Uday Bhaskar speaks with Mayank Chhaya on Pakistan's compounded crises.
Book Review | ‘Striking Asymmetries: Nuclear Transitions in Southern Asia’
FINANCIAL EXPRESS - APLN member C Uday Bhaskar reviews “Striking Asymmetries: Nuclear Transitions in Southern Asia” by Ashley J. Tellis.
Internal Chaos, External Crisis
THE INDIAN EXPRESS - APLN member C Raja Mohan writes on Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s visit to India.
Denuclearizing Pakistan
Abdul Hameed Nayyar asks if the fragile politico-economical state of Pakistan might provide an opportunity to induce it to denuclearize.
Is the Pakistan-China Partnership as Relevant as Ever in a Multipolar World?
ARAB NEWS - APLN member Salman Bashir writes: The reality of duopoly and the imperatives of the US-China strategic competition will take a toll on Pakistan's relevance to China in the future.