Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

Missile proliferation in South Asia
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- July 15, 2025
MISSILE proliferation in South Asia involves India and Pakistan, each with their own unique objectives and military doctrines. Despite New Delhi and Islamabad’s transparency about…

Volatile world & alliances politics
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- July 8, 2025
THE current trends in international politics are not conducive to peace and stability. The ongoing Ukrainian war, Modi’s bruised ego, increasing anarchy in the Middle…

India obstructs SCO communiqué
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- July 1, 2025
THE rapid transformation in the international strategic environment and increasing probability of state-on-state wars have immensely revitalized the concept of collective security. The United States…

Combative rhetoric risks the termination of the ceasefire
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- June 24, 2025
THE risk of termination of the current ceasefire and recommencement of war persists between the nuclear-armed India and Pakistan. Last month, during a four-day military…

Israel-Iran catastrophic duel
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- June 17, 2025
PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s frustrated militaristic mindset and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s firmness over Iran’s sovereign right to have a…

Iran-US nuclear standoff
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- June 10, 2025
The great powers’ strategic competition and the insecure states’ increasing reliance on nuclear weapons for sovereign defence have undermined the nuclear arms control regime. Besides,…

Modi’s bruised ego: Alarming
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- June 3, 2025
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi and his cohorts have strived to sustain their popularity with the public through fictitious narratives and bellicose rhetoric. They are taking…

Nukes significance
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- May 27, 2025
THE recent four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan, the continuity of the Ukrainian war since February 2022, the increasingly alarming situation in the Middle…

Fictitious new normal
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- May 20, 2025
INDIA has been striving to establish a ‘new normal’ in its relations with Pakistan. This ‘new normal’ involves responding to terror attacks in India, including…

Fragile ceasefire
- By Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
- May 13, 2025
THE recent ceasefire between Pakistan and India has averted catastrophe in the region. Besides, it reconfirmed Islamabad and New Delhi’s dependency on the external powers’…