Research Articles
Cold Start in Strategic Calculus
Sannia Abdullah
The cold start doctrine formulated by Indian strategists is a product of the 2001-02 standoff with Pakistan. It envisages a blitzkrieg, a limited war under the nuclear overhang that disrupts enemy lines of communication and forces a distorted and chaotic response from them. The paper analyses the doctrine in the framework of the Deterrence and Compellence theories, its applicability given India’s limitations, and throws light on the strategic stability of south Asia after its induction.
Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Testing May 1998: External and Internal Pressures
Zafar Khan
The factors that helped the proponents of Pakistan’s nuclear testing in May 1998 to succeed against the external and internal opponents who wanted the country to remain a non-nuclear state are discussed in this article. Zafar Khan gives the pro-bomb lobby an interesting name – the security epistemic community (SEC).
Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy in New Strategic Environment
Sohaib Khaliq
The study looks into the way the post 9/11 world environment has affected Pakistan’s approach towards Kashmir, more so in the light of former President General Musharraf’s statement that Pakistan joined the US-led ‘war on terror’ to safeguard its Kashmir cause. While discussing the policy changes Pakistan had to make to adjust to the new international situation, the article also takes into account measures that were taken to salvage Pakistan’s claim on Kashmir.
Prospects of a Nuclear Armed Iran and Policy Options for Pakistan
Shams uz Zaman
This paper discusses the policy options for Pakistan if Iran acquires a nuclear weapon capability. With the western world’s strong opposition to such an event and threats of military strike from Israel in addition to UN-imposed sanctions, Pakistan as Iran’s old ally and neighbour would have to tread very carefully as the author thinks there would be risks as well as opportunities.
Afghanistan: War Crimes, Government, ICC and NGOs
Akbar Nasir Khan
This article discusses the perpetration of war crimes in Afghanistan by different groups in the last three decades; and the ability and willingness of the Afghanistan government as a signatory of the International Criminal Court to prosecute the past and present criminals; and the role NGOs can play as a pressure group to make the Afghan legal system compatible with the ICC requirements.
IPRI Studies
Future of Pakistan’s Energy Security: An Alternate Approach
Muhammad Mustansar Billah Hussain
The writer makes a strong case for Pakistan to make use of its ample wind power resources to meet its rising energy needs. Around 50000 mw electricity can be harnessed from Sind alone if wind resources there are tapped by employing modern technology that is yielding 198 gw world wide today. Moreover it is environment friendly, cheap and quick to install.
Water Security: Pakistan and Regional Perspective
Khalid Chandio
Water is acquiring the status of a strategic material over which future wars could be fought. The article discusses the present water situation in Pakistan, a water scarce country that suffers from poor management internally and is bedeviled with external problems arising from India, the upper riparian state.
Reconciling the Afghan Insurgents
Muhammad Nawaz Khan and Aftab Hussain
The authors analyse the possibility of reconciliation among the fighting factions of Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the foreign forces. They stress the need for an Afghan-led rapprochement without interference from outside and suggest practical measures to involve all stake holders in such an enterprise.
Corruption: Causes and Cure
Dr Noor ul Haq
Honest leadership, meritocracy, financial control, decentralization, a vigilant civil society and media, transparency and rule of law are among the conditions that the author thinks are necessary for curbing the growing menace of corruption in Pakistan.
Inside the Pakistan Army
Carey Schofield
Unipolarity and World Politics
Birthe Hansen
How Pakistan Negotiates with the United States: Riding the Roller Coaster
Howard B. Schaffer and Teresita C. Schaffer
Pakistan: Beyond the ‘Crisis State’
Maleeha Lodhi, ed.
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict, Extremism, and Resistance to Modernity
Riaz Mohammad Khan
Nuclear Pakistan Strategic Dimensions
Dr Zulfqar Khan
A Letter to Pakistan
Karen Armstrong
Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the future of the Global Jihad
Bruce Riedel
Explaining Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: Escaping India
Aparna Pande
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