Center for Security, Strategy & Policy Research @ The University of Lahore
Lahore, Pakistan
Joined June 2016
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In the 99th episode of Infocus with Ejaz Haider,@ejazhaider held a conversation with Dr.@reidpauly on why powerful states so often fail to coerce weaker states and how aggressive tactics and the "assurance delimma "push weaker adversaries toward defiance.
youtu.be/mLs8_CkMwhg
Noor Fatima (@fatimawariss ), Research Assistant, CSSPR, writes on the predicament Armenia finds itself in due to its in-betweeness.
csspr.uol.edu.pk/ibws/
PRISM's latest SITREP,authored by Tameema Ihsan @tameemaihsan and edited by Mubashar Rizvi @mubasharizvi , surveys terrorist incidents across Pakistan from September 16 until September 30, 2026.
Tameema Ihsan(@tameemaihsan) writes about the changing contours of female militancy in Pakistan and gives policy recommendations to curtail the deleterious consequences.
csspr.uol.edu.pk/fm/
The latest Pakistan Risk, Incident, and Security Monitor (PRISM) SITREP surveys terror-related incidents across Pakistan from September 1 until September 15, 2026.
Author: @MoazamAliUmrani
Editor: Mubashar Rizvi
Zahra Fatima (@ZahraFatima166 ), Research Assistant, CSSPR, writes about the structural factors that militate against applying the Korean War model to the Ukraine War.
csspr.uol.edu.pk/kwur/
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I'm pleased to share my first publication for @CSSPR_UOL.The piece examines why the Korean Armistice cannot serve as a model for ending the war in Ukraine, citing differences in strategic context and nature of the battlefield.
Read here:csspr.uol.edu.pk/kwur/
Abeer Falak(@AbeerFalak42324 ) and Noor Fatima (@fatimawariss) write on the diminishing coercive utility of Western sanctions on Russia and Iran.
csspr.uol.edu.pk/ws/?fbclid=…
Convergence of national interest is the first element of a defense agreement, argues @AirCommodoreR ,adding that the second and third are the commonality of threats and credibility, respectively.
Turkiye has a lot of exposure to Western technologies, notes @AirCommodoreR. Pakistan has a battle-hardened military, and Saudi Arabia has the financial muscle.
No ally should enter a conflict without calculating the strategic impact as well as devising an exit strategy, argues @AirCommodoreR.
Air Cdre @khalidbanuri argues that the Makkah Alliance shows political resolve, differentiating it from the automaticity of a kinetic response.
Dr. @smalik480 argues that Pakistan needs a strong economy and good, efficient governance. The challenge, she notes, is to become a credible mediator.
