🔊 Listen to Blog When it conducted its first nuclear weapon test in 1974, India wooed the whole community with the auspicious label “Smiling Buddha.” By successfully introducing the new test to …
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Swiss decision not to ratify the TPNW
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia Sheikh🔊 Listen to Article The Swiss government remains steadfast in its refusal to ratify and sign the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (TPNW). It believes it is more beneficial to …
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India’s Agni-V Test
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia Sheikh🔊 Listen to Article INDIA became the Seventh nation after the US, UK, France, Russia, Pakistan, and China launched MIRV-armed ballistic missiles when it announced the first flight of an …
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Rising Tensions: The Emergence of a New Nuclear Arms Race
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia Sheikh🔊 Listen to Article The start of the New Year 2024 was distinguished by several wars in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East; human-caused environmental and climate change; and worries …
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Silencing the Soil The farmers’ protests and democratic debate in India
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhA free and democratic society is demonstrated by personal property, freedom of religion and speech, citizenship, voting rights, freedom from unwarranted governmental deprivation of the right to life and liberty, …
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Strategic Alliances in Flux: AUKUS Unveiled in 2024
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhBy the time 2023 came to an end, the AUKUS Trilateral Security Pact—which unites the US, UK, and Australia—had seen significant developments. The international strategic community was surprised by the …
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North Korea’s Chessboard: Analyzing Strategic Moves For 2024
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhSince his diplomatic efforts with Trump collapsed in 2019 over disagreements over the amount of sanctions relief the North could receive in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear …
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The 28th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and Their Destruction will be …
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Summits are, by definition, times of high politics and drama, so it should come as no surprise that the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden …
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Russia’s CTBT Withdrawal: Implications and Global Nuclear Concerns
by Nazia Sheikhby Nazia SheikhThe Russian State Duma, which is the lower house of parliament, voted unanimously on October 18, 2023, to revoke the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The goal of the treaty …