Abstract A historical survey which covers firstly, the various attempts to establish a satisfactory boundary between the settled lands of India and the mountain areas…
Topic: South Asian Security
Abstract This article looks at the Kashmir conflict in South Asia, which has been going on since 1947, when India and Pakistan became independent from…
Abstract For many years, conventional wisdom stressed that developing countries such as Pakistan face a guns versus butter trade-off, with increased defence expenditures coming at…
Abstract Is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) a security community? To many theorists and Southeast Asian specialists, the answer is a resounding yes.…
Abstract Notwithstanding the close partnership between Washington and Islamabad that has developed over the past half-dozen years, Pakistan today is viewed by Americans as a…
Abstract The Pakistan military has long been considered the one institution in the country that functions sufficiently well to deliver international objectives. It has consequently…
Abstract Pakistan is becoming increasingly important in international security calculus, and the future trajectory of this nuclear weapons’ state on the front line of the…
Abstract This paper presents preliminary findings from a survey of 141 militant households in Pakistan, focusing on the background of slain militants in those households.…
Abstract Efforts toward developing an independent and credible Philippine defense policy were revived when Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III was elected President of the Philippines…
Abstract This article investigates how US national security planners have envisioned the emerging strategic environment during the early twenty-first century and evaluates how their perceptions…
Abstract The study analyzes disputes and dispute management in the South China Sea. The progress made is outlined through an overview and analysis of formally…
Summary Asia is headed toward an uncertain and potentially volatile future in the maritime arena. The two rising Asian powers, China and India, dependent as…
Summary Confounding expectations, Taiwan is reducing its military spending even as its sole adversary, the People’s Republic of China, modernizes its military and significantly increases…
Abstract Empirical evidence supports the notion that emergent and hybrid democratic regimes are often unstable and conflict-ridden. While these are important findings, the implication that…
Summary Safe navigation of the seas is of global importance. Sea lanes provide vital connections for the growth of the global economy and the wellbeing…
