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Archive, Strategic AdversariesAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, drug monopoly, Ghazni, global terrorist groups, illicit trade, ISIS, islamic jihad, Islamic Terrorists, madrasa, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism, UN Security Council, UNAMA, West

The Coming Disaster in Afghanistan

Unnamed Afghan0 Comments

Afghanistan, under Taliban control, is a powder keg ready to erupt with consequences that will ripple throughout the region and the world. The driving forces of this impending disaster are…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Strategic AdversariesAI arms control, AI arms control agreement., AI incident reporting, AI mitigation centers, AI regulation, command-and-control systems, confidence-building measures, crisis management, deterrence stability, Disinformation, escalation, false flag operations, Generative AI, India, military purposes, misinformation, nuclear crisis, nuclear safety, nuclear war, Pakistan, perception building, security mechanisms, strategic communication, strategic stability, synthetic media

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Deterrence Stability between India and Pakistan

Anum A. Khan0 Comments

Imagine a scene. It is the Indian military command center on the night of May 28, 2028. A high-ranking Indian military officer sends a message to a subordinate commander; Pakistan…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesabolish, bulletin of atomic scientists, China, Iran, Israel, Libya, New start treaty, North Korea, NPT, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear posture, nuclear proliferation treaty, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, test ban treaty, war

Why Nuclear Weapons Abolition Will Kill Millions (Again)

Kirk Fansher2 Comments

Einstein once said that he did not know how World War III would be fought, but World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones. Nuclear abolitionists, in their…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, ArchiveAmerican Deterrence, Biden, bomb, Egypt, Iran, Iranian, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Pakistan, Red Line, Saudi Arabia, Trump, United States

Drawing a Clear Red Line: Biden’s Imperative Response to Iranian Aggression

Aaron Holland0 Comments

In the wake of the recent drone attack on January 28, where Iranian proxies killed three American soldiers and injured more than 30, President Joe Biden finds himself at a…

Defense & SecurityChina, Cyber, India, Pakistan, Russia, Terrorism, United States

From Missiles to Microchips

Joshua E. Duke

This article was originally published on June 30, 2020. Efforts by the United States Intelligence Community (IC) to apply Cold War strategies to new age threats and non-state actors have…

Deterrence & Foreign PolicyIndia, Pakistan, South Asia, Taliban, Terrorism, United States

India Should Become The United States Premier South Asian ally

Kimia Hashemi-Nejad

For years, CIA officials tried to confront Pakistani intelligence officials about their assistance to the Taliban. Douglas London, who oversaw the CIA’s counterterrorism operations in South Asia until 2018, recalled…

Government & PoliticsAfghanistan, India, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

An Interim Government Could Cause Chaos in Afghanistan

Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi

Speculation over the formation of an interim administration with a new political roadmap for Afghanistan is nothing new. It has been the talk of the town ever since the Trump…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, ISIS, Pakistan, Taliban, United States

With the U.S.-Taliban Deal in place, IS-K seeks to build a reign of terror in Afghanistan

Ahmad Shah Katawazai

Last Sunday evening, a large prison in eastern Afghanistan was stormed by IS-K militants resulting in dozens of casualties and hundreds of prisoners escaping. The sophisticated attack continued for almost…

Defense & SecurityAfghanistan, Al Qaeda, China, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Pakistan, Private Military Companies, Russia, United States

Paid to Kill: An Examination of the Evolution of Combatants for Hire

Joshua E. Duke

Throughout world history, as long as there has been conflict among people, there have been people willing to pay others to carry out violence. From assassins and mercenaries to bounty…

Economics & TradeASEAN, China, Djibouti, India, Myanmar, Pakistan

Is India at Risk of Losing the Game of Great Power Competition?

Pranay Kumar Shome

The slower New Delhi is in responding to Beijing's aggressive economic moves; the more India will have to lose. In January of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping of the…

EnergyEnergy Security, India, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan

TAPI Pipeline Puts South Asia’s Prosperity in Peril

Arman Sidhu

Nearly a quarter-century after it was first envisaged, the long-awaited Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline appears to have evolved from a hypothetical construct into a practical pipeline that proponents promise will deliver…

Government & PoliticsIndia, Kashmir, Pakistan, Southeast Asia

Ending Kashmir’s autonomy will mean wide-ranging implications for India

Mikail Shaikh

India believes its move to repeal Article 370 will ensure security in Indian-administered Kashmir. There is a strong likelihood, however, that it will guarantee the opposite—an enduring condition of violence…