Commentary

Pakistan’s Policy of Credible Minimum Deterrence

-Zafar Khan and Rizwana Abbasi, Pakistan Pakistan‘s nuclear policy and doctrinal strategic posture revolve around the broader contours of minimum deterrence as discussed above. In a similar context, Pakistan officially declares and practices credible minimum deterrence. The concept of minimum was espoused by Pakistan even before the nuclear tests in 1998. Pakistan‘s former Chief of […]

Human Rights Situation in Nepal

-By experts team, Nepal Council of World Affairs (NCWA) Concept of Human Right and a Brief on its Evolutionary Development: Human rights are regarded as the birthright of human beings. Human rights (HR) are also considered to be inalienable as all human beings around the world wish to exercise their freedom unconditionally on the basis […]

Deterrence: Policy Options for Pakistan

-Pakistan in the Global Nuclear Order- -Zafar Khan and Rizwana Abbasi, Islamabad (Islamabad Papers 2016) Introduction: South Asia is a complex region where rivalry between India and Pakistan continues to grow and stability remains elusive despite the induction of nuclear weapons. The two countries have fought wars (1948, 1965, 1971, and a limited war in […]

India’s Existential Threat is real?

-“Supreme Court judge Justice Deepak Gupta has said that questions arise on the Delhi Police for arresting journalist Mohammad Zubair for allegedly hurting religious sentiments even as suspended Bharatiya Janata Party Nupur Sharma is still free despite making controversial comments on Prophet Muhammad, the Live Law reported. “If she [Sharma] could say that…which had a […]

Nepal: No Special Relation with India

C. P Gajurel Maoists leader, Nepal Concept of Sandwiched Nepal: For many years the so called architects of the domestic as well as foreign policy used to reiterate the saying Nepal is sandwiched between the two big giants and through this they used to conclude that because of this natural liability Nepal cannot be a […]