Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

PAKISTAN’S restrained kinetic use of force has reduced the number of terrorist attacks in the country and, to some extent, rationalized the attitude of the…

THE ongoing US-Israel and Iran conflict significantly impacts Pakistan’s national interests due to its deep ties with the Gulf states. The crisis heightens Pakistan’s political,…

THE US-Israel ongoing war against Iran has heightened the salience of missile defense systems. The substantial deployment of low-cost drones and ballistic and cruise missiles…

  ISRAEL and the US expectations that decapitation of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, through massive airstrikes, would terminate the regime seem driven by…

SINCE the United States troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, Pakistan has been persuading the de facto Taliban Government in Kabul to end its…

President Donald Trump’s policies and their geopolitical fallout have sent shockwaves throughout the world, shaking up the international order, shifting economic, political and security dynamics…

  PAKISTAN has maintained a professional relationship with the International Atomic Energy Agency. As a founding member, it has fulfilled its commitments to the Agency…

PRESIDENT Donald J Trump’s rapid reorientation of US foreign policy and strategic deprioritisation of Europe have alarmed European leaders. His Greenland venture and bullish attitude…

THE expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) on 5 February 2026, ended the bilateral arms control agreement between Russia and the…

  THE prevention of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) terrorism requires effective implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540). The significance…