Nazia Sheikh

Building a sustainable nuclear energy programme isn’t just about investment in power plants, technology, and infrastructure. It also relies on highly trained manpower for the design, operation, maintenance, and control …

In the time of rising geopolitical tensions and weakening arms control frameworks, Pakistan has managed to get three UNGA First Committee Resolutions passed on arms control and international security. The …

Wider international security environment includes the crisis in Ukraine, shifting U.S. defence obligations, and increased worries about missile and escalation dangers. The nuclear deterrence framework is entering an era of …

International cooperation is crucial to preserving nuclear security as nuclear research and technology advancement into the fields of energy, medicine, agriculture, and other peaceful applications. The International Atomic Energy Agency …

In the Indo-Pacific region, a new phase of undersea strategic competition is emerging. Nuclear-powered submarines, once largely confined to the arsenals of nuclear-weapon states, are increasingly being incorporated into the …

Pakistan’s leadership, under Ambassador Tahir Hussain Andrabi, at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) achieved a major diplomatic result at a time when international efforts to control nuclear weapons …

While allowing legitimate peaceful trade and technological cooperation, multilateral export-control regimes seek to prevent proliferation by regulating the transfer of sensitive nuclear, missile, chemical, biological, and dual-use technologies. In the …

By explicitly shifting the analytical focus from intended outcomes to perverse consequences, editors Stephen Herzog, Giles David Arceneaux, and Ariel F. W. Petrovics provided a necessary and helpful critical corrective …

The nuclear debate has gained renewed attention in Japan as it commemorated the 81st anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. On this event, when Sanae Takaichi, …

In the contemporary era of geopolitical conflicts, erosion of arms control treaties, and hybrid warfare, modern diplomacy has been stuck in a deadlock. There is no progress in resolving regional …