Pakistan
Pakistan against signing the NPT as a non-nuclear weapons state
In a fundamental shift in its position on the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, Pakistan has made it known that it will join the NPT only as a recognised nuclear weapons state.
Another Pakistan-based Terror Group Exposed in Bangladesh
The latest arrests underline the lack of cooperation among security agencies in South Asia and the support base that exists in Bangladesh for terrorist groups.
Exit from Afghanistan: Playing the Game and not learning the lessons
US calculation in backing Pakistani designs for controlling Afghanistan will bring even greater dangers to its own doorsteps.
Taliban and Weapons of Mass Disruption Threat
The article analyses the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s threat of use of chemical weapons inside Pakistan. It looks at the recent such instance of possible low scale use of chemical agents and argues that the recent threat is more of tactical nature.
US Arms Sales are propping up Pakistan as a Regional Challenger
India is justified in seeing the US move to go ahead with the sale of the F-16s as an attempt to balance America’s strategic partnership with India by once again propping up Pakistan as a regional challenger.
Pakistan Will Oppose the Fissile Materials Cut-Off Treaty at the Conference on Disarmament
Though world opinion is still divided on whether the FMCT would include past stocks or not, Pakistan appears to have decided to continue with the production of fissile materials and oppose any talks at the CD.
Balochistan is no Bangladesh
Unless Baloch nationalists get their act together in pursuit of ‘achievable nationhood’, it will be only a matter of time before this latest upsurge in Balochistan will be brutally crushed.
Looking Ahead
If India indeed considers itself to be a rising power, it cannot remain a passive in the face of instability all around it.
