2012 Conference on Disarmament Pakistan's Approach towards FMCT

[While Conference on Disarmament (CD) has remained in a kind of deadlock over the years, any breakthrough during the 2012 session is also unlikely, owing to grave differences between the members - including on the agenda and work program. Important agenda items such as Disarmament and Prevention of Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) are getting lesser attention while issues such as Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) are highlighted as blocking the progress of CD. It is being concluded that Pakistan is the only state, which could obstruct the 2012 CD Agenda, particularly FMCT, while the reports of international institutions including UNSG reveal that it is not the case. Pakistan's principled stance on FMCT is essential for its national security interests, as the country needs fissile materials for both its conventional and unconventional deterrence. The stance should be upheld and compromising it due to international pressures is not advisable.

Afghanistan: The Possible Arena for Major Powers Inevitable Cooperation

Afghanistan has been a center of a struggle between major powers since the 19th century. In 2001, the fight against terrorism had sparked a new power struggle among local, regional, and international Afghanistan actors. Various state and non-state players with conflicting perspectives and conflicting approaches are trying to pursue their strategic, political, and economic goals in Afghanistan. Due to similar security threats, complex economic interdependence, and economic liberalism, different scenarios may emerge in Afghanistan, leading to the potential collaboration of major global and regional powers in Afghanistan. This partnership can be expanded for several logics and reasons, among which security comes first. The peace treaty concluded between the United States and the Taliban on February 29, 2020. The continuing peace process via intra-Afghan peace talks with regional states has fortified hopes for peace in Afghanistan through cooperative measures among major regional and international powers

Management of Chemicals in Pakistan: Concerns and challenges

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Management of Chemicals in Pakistan: Concerns and challenges

The Chemical Industry has gradually attained central role in modern and transitioning economies of the world. Globally, the trade in chemicals is generating business in trillions of dollars. For instance, the chemical industry in the U.S. is amongst the top exporters; and based on its significance out of seventy-seven industrial sectors the chemical industry ranks ninth. (Murmann, 2002) The chemical products are extremely important for national economy, and the strong dependence between chemical industry and other industries is mutually reinforcing. Therefore, few targeted attacks against chemical infrastructure can have consequences far greater than the immediate deaths and destructions. (Dixon, 2002) Handling chemicals at any stage is cumbersome and risky. Therefore, the safety and security of chemicals and related facilities has immense importance for avoiding the chemical accidents, preventing inadvertent and deliberate misuse of chemicals

US-Shaped World Order and Pakistan: Past, Present and Future

This research paper critically analyses Pakistan‟s crucial and costly relationship with the United States of America, during the three eras of bipolar, unipolar and emerging multi-polar world order. It also contemplates that a new and balanced relationship, anchored in shared bilateral economic, political and security interests built simultaneously with the status quo, emerging and resurgent great powers is more beneficial and less risky for Pakistan in future than band wagoning with a single great power or offering its total security commitment against any other great power. Total alignment with a great power not only earns the threat of other great powers but also makes Pakistan more vulnerable against economic coercion in an interdependent global economy. It also argues that Thucydides‟ Trap is not a manifest destiny and can be avoided with astute statecraft rather than provocative and dangerous risk taking strategic competition

Enhanced Defense Cooperation Between the United States and Pakistan; Strategic Insights, v. 6, issue 4 (June 2007)

This article appeared in Strategic Insights, v.6, issue 4 (June 2007)Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited

Mitbestimmung oder Herrschaft? Die Entwicklung der zivil-militärischen Beziehungen in Pakistan 2014-2015

Das pakistanische Militär nutzt die Legitimitätskrise der Regierung, um seinen Einfluss auf Öffentlichkeit und Wirtschaft des Landes auszubauen. Die Unfähigkeit, die aktuelle Krise zu lösen, sowie das Unvermögen der zivilen Exekutivorgane, Gesetz und Ordnung durchzusetzen, schwächen die Position des Ministerpräsidenten Mian Nawaz Sharif zusehends

Confidence Building Measures: Proposals and Concrets Steps

The ongoing composite dialogue between India and Pakistan manifests that enmity is giving a way to amity. Tentative positive developments generate optimism regarding the sustainability of peace process. Nonetheless, the tangible results (s) of the composite dialogue process is yet awaited. The near zero progress on the core issue-Kashmir dispute- alarms the possible reversibility of the ongoing peace process. Without resolving this puzzle, the efforts to bring peace in the region are futile. In this context, it seems imperative to sustin the process of coonfidence building measures between the belligerent neighbors

Emerging Trends in Terrorism

This article maintains the prevalent argument that the terrorist's patterns have fundamentally changed since the last quarter of the twentieth century, According to this argument, new trends are different from old trends along at least three related dilmensions- Fewer incidents, greater casualties, the growth of religious terrorism: and Nuclear, Biological, Chemical terrorism. The emerging new trends, despite the infusion of sophistication seem to portend increase in lethality and ruthlessness in death and destruction