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UAV
Understanding Pakistan’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Programme


Syed Eesar Mehdi, Toseef Ahmad Bhat

This commentary provides valuable insights into Pakistan's dynamic UAV landscape and its broader implications for regional military capabilities. It also draws a comparative analysis with India, emphasizing nuanced distinctions in UAV quantity, capability, and origin between the two nations.

BRICS
Expanding BRICS in the Shadow of China: Hegemony with Chinese Characteristics!


Shraddha Rishi, Ajay Kumar Mishra

With the expansion of BRICS round the corner, China is expected to exploit BRICS’ economic potential to advance its national interest, guided by Chinese characteristics--  autocratic, hegemonic, and expansionist-- to enlarge its sphere of influence in a competitive world order.

Palestine
A Debilitated UNRWA will only Increase the Misery of the Palestinians


Gautam Sen

It is evident that, the most prosperous UN member state, i.e. the US, is not inclined to augment the UNRWA’s finances, notwithstanding the lead humanitarian role being played by the UNRWA in Gaza and the West Bank. Countries like India and those from the European Union, should step in as even-handedly as possible and induce a change in the stance of the major donor countries towards UNRWA and its activities. A debilitated UNRWA will only increase the misery of the Palestinians.

Mahrang
“March Beyond Silence” from Turbat to Islamabad: Baloch Women Taking Islamabad by Storm


Poorva Vyas

As the cases of disappearances continue to rise in Balochistan, there is a hardening of sentiments among the Baloch people which is likely to intensify as the state agencies continue to trample on the legitimate aspirations of the people. The insurgency in Balochistan is likely to gain further legitimacy if this state of affairs is allowed to perpetuate in the name of containing secessionism.