“Four Battlegrounds” by Paul Scharre is a fascinating account of emerging technologies especially Artificial Intelligence (AI) in military affairs and modern warfare. New technologies from the invention of gun powder, artillery, automobile, airplane, tank, and submarine have propelled revolution in military affairs throughout human history. The first computer-based model was used by the Russian military…
The Sino-Indian strategic contest has become an undeniable reality of the contemporary international system where the broader US-China multileveled competition has taken on many faces and affected the politics of different regions where South Asia and Southeast Asia are the exceptions. Indian increasing strategic collaboration with the United States and American growing global anti-Chines engagements…
Bomb/ IED Blasts The Station House Officer (SHO) of Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Police Station in Khuzdar Town (Khuzdar District) of Balochistan was killed on April 27 in an explosion targeting his vehicle, reports Dawn. Khuzdar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Fahad Khosa said that the incident took place near Jhalawan Medical College located on the…
A city of more than 20 million people with a gigantic industrial sector, vibrant economic, trade and business activity, Karachi’s sea port is responsible for all maritime security arrangements, sea trade and traffic and a source for ample seabed resources. Known as “the city of lights” through the previous century, with the beginning of the…
China and the United States are emerging as the competitors for world leadership and economic dominance. This competition is being waged at a steep cost and more conflicts and divisions are in the process. The resources of the world are being spent on finding weaknesses and winning allies, while it is becoming increasing difficult for…
Across the world generally and in Pakistan specifically, the rate of polarisation within society can be readily judged by the exit of numerous of one’s friends from respective WhatsApp groups – particularly after a defining event in regular political discourse! Granted that in the Islamic Republic defining moments come and go but the recent bungling…
O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do? It is most hateful to Allah that you should say that which you do not do. (Quran;61:2-3)[1] Introduction The Muslims formed a great civilization and led the world for about a millennium. They have been in decline for the last few…
The top leadership of Pakistan and Iran met on Thursday May 18th, 2023 and inaugurated the first border market as relations warm between the two countries. This border market is located in the remote village of Pashin in Pakistan’s Balochistan province; this marketplace is the first of six to be constructed along the Pakistan-Iran border…
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit has always been a platform for countries to come together and deliberate on regional peace, security, and socio-economic development. However, this year in early May 2023 the summit was held in an air of tension, palpable even from the sidelines as the political vacuum between India and Pakistan became…
The recent flag-burning events in Armenia have created a new wave of political hate in the Caucasian region, where the Azerbaijani nation is already witnessing various acts of violence from Armenia. The recent event took place on April 14, 2023, during a European Weightlifting Championship in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. During the opening ceremony of…
