Asia Small state security syndrome: understanding the Philippines’ National Security Strategy February 19, 2019 0 Written by Ananda Devi Domingo-Almase. My continuing research interest in the Philippines’ first ever publication of a National Security Strategy (NSS) in 2018 is driven…
China What does the 19th Party Congress mean for the PLA? October 18, 2017 0 Written by Timothy R. Heath. As the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has a lot at stake…
Military The Fate of Democracy In Pakistan September 4, 2017 1 Written by Yunas Samad. Nawaz Sharif’s dismissal by the Supreme Court raises questions about the future of democracy in Pakistan. No Prime Minster has so…
Military Pakistan’s Democracy at 70: A Critical Juncture? August 17, 2017 2 Written by Filippo Boni. On 28 July, less than three weeks before Pakistan celebrated the 70th anniversary of independence, the country was holding its breath…
Military Sharif’s Dismissal Boosts Political Uncertainty in Pakistan July 31, 2017 1 Written by Zoha Waseem and Yasser Kureshi. On Friday, the Panama papers led to the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif, who has for the third time been…
Asia The India–Pakistan nuclear rivalry at sea June 16, 2017 3 Written by Brigadier Feroz Hassan Khan. As 2017 dawned, Pakistan, avowing ‘completion of the nuclear triad’ and a ‘credible second strike capability’, successfully test fired its…
Asia India’s Maritime Strategy: What ‘the West’ Should Know April 3, 2017 1 Written by Gurpreet Khurana. India’s latest maritime-military strategy titled Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy (Strategy-2015) released in 2015 has come at a crucial…
Foreign Policy Kashmir: Between Entropy and Escalation March 2, 2017 1 Written by Rohan John. The contested Muslim-majority state claimed by two nuclear-armed rivals, Jammu and Kashmir is the inadvertent collateral damage in this South Asian…
China China’s nuclear weapons policy could be about to radically change February 9, 2017 0 Written by James Samuel Johnson. There has long been a gap between China’s nuclear weapons capabilities and the aspirations of its defence strategists, some of…
China The PLA in 2026. December 12, 2016 0 Written by Eric Heginbotham. In 2015, RAND Corporation colleagues and I published a net assessment of U.S. and Chinese capabilities in two scenarios – the Spratly…
