Browsing: Mariyam Masood

Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director CISS, alongside Research Officers Murad Ali and Maryyum Masood, recently participated in a talk…

There exist widely held Western concerns that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s expansion into a formidable regional organization in Eurasia…

by Maryyum Masood .... The expanding US alliance network is fraught with strategic instability and heightened nuclear risk. In September 2021, AUKUS, a military alliance between Australia, UK and the US, was formed to contain China in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the agreement, the US and UK will proliferate nuclear submarines technology to Australia. Many

India’s announcement of the withdrawal of its forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after months of tensions with Chinese forces and its agreement of a de facto ceasefire along its  Line of Control (LOC) with Pakistan, raised suspicions among its critics. These recent developments make it evident that India is trying to adapt

US efforts to gain a competitive edge over China is the principal factor in Asia Pacific security. The strategy to…

by Maryam Masood.... Missile defense systems are intended to safeguard a country against imminent ballistic missile attacks. Both THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and S-400 are missile defense systems, developed by the United States and Russia respectively. THAAD is a relatively recent addition in America’s anti-ballistic missile defense system which has the capability to