In March 2024, India conducted a test of its multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) capability by placing miniaturized warheads…
Maryyum Masood
Maryyum Masood
Maryyum Masood is working as a Research Officer & Associate Editor at the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS) Islamabad. She is an MPhil scholar in the Department of Strategic Studies at the National Defense University (NDU) Islamabad.
Abstract The geopolitics of Asia-Pacific are witnessing a transition. The regional powers calculate their bets as China rises as a…
Ambassador Ali Sarwar Naqvi, Executive Director CISS, alongside Research Officers Murad Ali and Maryyum Masood, recently participated in a talk…
Abstract Several trends show that the efforts to alter South Asian strategic landscape have increased, which primarily includes unprecedented proliferation…
There exist widely held Western concerns that the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)’s expansion into a formidable regional organization in Eurasia…
by Maryyum Masood .... The expanding US alliance network is fraught with strategic instability and heightened nuclear risk. In September 2021, AUKUS, a military alliance between Australia, UK and the US, was formed to contain China in the Asia-Pacific region. Under the agreement, the US and UK will proliferate nuclear submarines technology to Australia. Many
by Maryyum Masood .... On January 19, 2022, a UK based law firm, Stoke White Investigations (SWI) released a report on the Indian war crimes and human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The document contains 2000 testimonies of abuse of human rights, and extrajudicial killings by Indian security forces. Analysts
India’s announcement of the withdrawal of its forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after months of tensions with Chinese forces and its agreement of a de facto ceasefire along its Line of Control (LOC) with Pakistan, raised suspicions among its critics. These recent developments make it evident that India is trying to adapt
by Maryyum Masood and Sabeen Malik.... On 29 February 2020, the United States and the Taliban reached a milestone agreement towards the path to peace in Afghanistan, by signing a historic peace deal in Doha. This deal brought along its share of uncertainty, punctuated by episodes of violence. Soon after signing the deal, Taliban intensified
US efforts to gain a competitive edge over China is the principal factor in Asia Pacific security. The strategy to…
