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Ankit Kumar

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Ankit Kumar, Assistant Professor (Research) at SICSSL, specializes in modern warfare, geopolitics, and nuclear policy. He has consulted for India’s Ministry of External Affairs and Defense and contributed to leading think tanks and international publications. He is pursuing a PhD on nuclear policy ambiguity with India as a case study.
Afghanistan

Pakistani Airstrikes in Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties and the Mecca Pact Distraction

As Pakistani strikes inside Afghanistan intensify, this contributor argues that the campaign reflects more than counterterrorism.
Asia

Poverty by Definition: How Pakistan Counts the Poor Out to Pay for the Military

Pakistan’s poverty line understates deprivation as millions struggle while military spending rises, exposing the state’s disputed budget.
World

Failure of Domestic Policies Continues to Deepen Pakistan’s Water Crisis

Pakistan’s water crisis is rooted less in India’s treaty move and more in decades of poor storage, weak governance, unequal distribution.
Asia

How Operation Sindoor Met Its Strategic Goals

How the Indian originated and India-led Operation Sindoor Met Its Strategic Goals and defeated Pakistan in many ways.
Middle East

Pakistan’s Credibility as Mediator Questioned Amid Regional Tensions

Pakistan’s role as a mediator is questioned with concerns over neutrality, trust, and credibility shaping US–Iran engagements.
Asia

Blood and Water Cannot Flow Together: Recasting the Indus Waters Treaty After Pahalgam

After Pahalgam, India’s view of the Indus Waters Treaty is shifting from goodwill to strategic assertion, making peace central to cooperation
Asia

Khyber‑Pakhtunkhwa’s Boycott of NFC Talks and Pakistan’s Broken Fiscal Federalism

Khyber‑Pakhtunkhwa’s decision to boycott the National Finance Commission (NFC) deliberations marks Pakistani establishment’s persistent failure to deliver equitable resource distribution. Refusal to participate in...
Asia

Pakistan’s Military Uses Conflict With Afghanistan to Escape Domestic Accountability

Pakistan's Military and IS-run government Uses Conflict With Afghanistan to Escape Domestic Accountability
Afghanistan

Pakistan’s Airstrikes Kill Civilians in Afghanistan, Undermining Diplomacy and Violating Sovereignty

Pakistan airstrikes in Afghanistan killed dozens of civilians, drawing international condemnation and threatening fragile diplomatic efforts.
Asia

Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan in Limbo: Extraction, Exclusion, and Rising Anger

Gilgit-Baltistan remains trapped in constitutional limbo as Islamabad's extractive policies and resource exploitation.
Asia

Balochistan’s Deepening Crisis of Violence and Political Failure

Violence in Balochistan represents not an isolated incident but a dramatic escalation in a conflict with roots in political violence.
Asia

Trilateral Defense Cooperation Among Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan Alters Regional Power Balance

Trilateral Defense Cooperation Among Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan Alters Regional Power Balance and increaes concerns.
Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Trade Via Alternate Routes Bypasses Pakistan Closures

Afghanistan is expanding trade routes through Iran, India and Central Asia as repeated Pakistan border closures disrupt traditional transit.
Asia

Entrenched Corruption and Elite Wealth in Pakistan

The IMF’s latest governance report exposes Pakistan’s deep-rooted corruption, elite capture, and unequal economic privileges,
Afghanistan

Pakistan’s Approach in the Istanbul Talks with Afghanistan Was Far from Ideal

Pakistan-Afghanistan Istanbul Talks Expose Diplomatic Missteps and Deep Mistrust, looks like these negotiations are failing.
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