The news of the Pegasus scandal which involves snooping on journalists and heads of state through a malware developed by an Israeli company called the NSO Group has rocked global corridors. Let’s admit it: we had been warned all along about the sinister uses to which technology could be put. But hardly a few had …
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The US forces are withdrawing from Afghanistan at a very fast pace and the Taliban are making rapid territorial gains. Most of the western forces have already departed from Afghanistan. Symbolically the Americans have given the 11th of September as the cutoff date for the evacuation of their military forces. This date signifies the day …
As the US is withdrawing, Afghanistan finds itself at history’s crossroads and it seems the history will repeat itself, yet again. The Taliban’s rapid territorial gains, amid the deadlocked peace process and the hasty US retreat, have raised the specter of Afghanistan’s military takeover by the insurgent group. While the US intervention in Afghanistan underscored …
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General Electric coined the term Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) which can be described as the integration and linking of big data, analytical tools and wireless networks with physical and industrial equipment. IIoT is becoming increasingly popular in manufacturing. IIoT provides manufacturers better insights into their company’s processes and the functioning of their production lines. …
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Currently, big powers in the geographic West, mainly the US, Britain and France feel that they are up against an aggressive non-Western power, China. Western leaders regularly portray China as a belligerent security threat and a danger to the rules-based world order. The recent March 18 meeting in Anchorage, Alaska between the US and China …
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Just a few weeks ago, New Delhi was under the pressure of protestors. Flashed all over the news were reports that an Indian Climate Activist Disha Ravi – who is a leader of the Fridays for Future climate movement in India – was arrested on the grounds for editing a farmers’ protest document which had …
The ASEAN region is politically and economically vital for the leading powers of the world. The United States has a strong military presence in the region while the ASEAN economies support millions of U.S. jobs as it is one of the largest export destinations of U.S. goods and services. On the other hand, the ASEAN …
The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak also triggered an infodemic that proliferated in the form of fake news and misinformation through social media. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined the infodemic as “(an) overabundance of information, both offline and online, including, deliberate attempts to disseminate wrong information.” Ahead of the Covid-19 vaccine rollouts, the governments and …
Counter the Infodemic to Overcome the Covid-19 Pandemic in Pakistan Read More »
IPRI is one of the oldest non-partisan think-tanks on all facets of National Security including international relations & lawfare, strategic studies, governance & public policy and economic security in Pakistan. Established in 1999, IPRI is affiliated with the National Security Division (NSD), Government of Pakistan. It exemplifies two decades of rigorous and timely analysis of crucial strategic agendas and inter-governmental processes that influence national and regional policy community.
