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Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Act- A National Security Conundrum for TikTok 0
- Blog, National Security
- January 2, 2025
The United States is set to ban TikTok from January 2025 over national security interests while the extent to which this application can save itself from such a ban is to be seen. Joe Biden administration passed; Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act aimed at banning TikTok. The app’s parent company ByteDance isREAD MORE
Pakistan Vs India: Is there any possibility of Dialogue?0
- Blog, National Security
- December 30, 2024
India, under a far-right leadership of Modi, does not seem normalizing with Pakistan in either near or distant future. The hyper-nationalist leadership of a Hindutva ideologue Modi, reflects his ideological aspirations in his foreign policy towards Pakistan. His aggressive foreign policy posture had put the diplomatic relations between the two states to halt with seemingly noREAD MORE
Syrian invasion of Israel and its Future Implications on the Region 0
- Blog, Human Security
- December 19, 2024
Israel seems one more step ahead towards its strategic ambition of Greater Israel. The Israeli invasion of Syria came in the backdrop of fall of Bashar-al-Assad’s oppressive regime and power overhaul by the armed opposition of Abu Muhammad Al Julani. Although, Assad’s regime was a 24-year tyrannical period suffered by the people of Syria, yetREAD MORE

Trump and Trade War 2.0: Implications for US-China Relations 0
- Blog, National Security
- December 17, 2024
The revival of trade war under Trump’s second presidency holds full potential to deteriorate bilateral relations of the two. There are chances that this might drive the world into two quasi-opposing blocs and shift China's policy from cooperation to strategic competition. The return of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States has sparkedREAD MORE
Changing Global Order: Myth or Reality 0
- Blog, Human Security
- December 12, 2024
The contemporary global order is undergoing some critical changes brought-forth by China, however, this change may not completely replace U.S. with China as the leading global power. China's incremental challenge to U.S. dominance through economic, diplomatic and financial strategies may seek coexistence rather than outright replacement of the status quo. The contemporary global order isREAD MORE
Fragility of Truce in Lebanon and Pathway to Peace 0
- Blog, Human Security
- December 9, 2024
Achieving a sustainable and durable peace in the Levant region seems quite a hard nut to crack. This region has been a victim of turmoil and instability since decades, owing to either personal ambitions of stakeholders or foreign involvement and occupation; directly or indirectly. The recent ceasefire that came into effect on November 27, 2024,READ MORE