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Rizwan Asghar
Rizwan Asghar

  • May 07, 2018

    Explaining war

    One of the many puzzles in conflict studies is that wars cost blood as well as treasure; but they occur nonetheless. Why do states go to war even...

  • January 04, 2018

    An ungrateful friend

    In his first tweet of the year, US President Donald Trump has accused Pakistan of providing safe havens to terrorist organisations and of repeatedly...

  • December 31, 2017

    Perceptual dilemmas

    South Asia is home to more than one-fifth of the world’s population, making it one of the most populous geographical regions in the world....

  • December 27, 2017

    Living with a nuclear North Korea

    The global community has spent almost three decades trying to prevent the Kim regime in North Korea from moving its fingers towards the nuclear...

  • November 18, 2017

    A world without nukes

    At long last, the advocates of nuclear disarmament have a reason to be optimistic about their journey towards achieving the goals of the Nuclear...

  • October 23, 2017

    Trump’s North Korea rhetoric

    A general sense of political uncertainty has loomed the past few weeks as US President Donald Trump continued his abusive and dangerous rhetoric...

  • October 23, 2017

    Trump’s North Korea rhetoric

    A general sense of political uncertainty has loomed the past few weeks as US President Donald Trump continued his abusive and dangerous rhetoric...

  • October 16, 2017

    The North Korea rhetoric

    A general sense of political uncertainty looms as US President Donald Trump continues his abusive and dangerous rhetoric over the ongoing nuclear...

  • October 05, 2017

    The nuclear taboo

    The US, along with eight other nuclear-armed states, remains unable to reduce reliance on threats to use nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, continued...

  • September 16, 2017

    Another push for the CTBT

    Over the past two decades, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization has emerged as one of the top-tier international organisations with an...