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Analysis | A Cocktail for Catastrophe: India and Pakistan Clash over Kashmir

Analysis | A Cocktail for Catastrophe: India and Pakistan Clash over Kashmir

Pranav Jain
Geopolitics, Foreign Policy, Conflict & Peace, Middle East, Collective Defense, Defense Policy, Intercultural Relations, MESA, MENA, National Security, Politics, Pakistan, India, Kashmir

Despite major conflicts between India and Pakistan, the one constant rule has been the sanctity of the de facto borders in the contested territory of Kashmir. Such an understanding has ensured that both nations, while heavily active on the border, dare not violate it whatsoever, to the extent that individuals meeting in border crossings into the region usually maintain cordial relations. However, India and Pakistan’s de facto policy on the Kashmir region has changed dramatically over the last few years, perhaps irrevocably.

Analysis | What is Security? Everything.

Analysis | What is Security? Everything.

Joshua Stowell
Conflict & Peace, Collective Defense, Defense Policy, Foreign Policy, Geopolitics, National Security, Security Affairs, Technology, Terrorism, Great Powers

With a return to great power competition, national security priorities are shifting. States, rather than non-state actors like terrorist groups or insurgencies, are the primary security threat. The idea that security encompasses more than military and defense issues alone has returned. The security paradigm of the twenty-first century has expanded to nearly every facet of human life.

Analysis | Europe at a Crossroads: The Case for a Common Defense Industry

Analysis | Europe at a Crossroads: The Case for a Common Defense Industry

Sebastiano Angeli
Defense Policy, European Politics, Security Affairs, European Foreign Policy, Collective Defense

It is well known the world over that the European Union is a major economic power thanks to the single market. Yet, it is far behind other major world powers in arms development and sales. Despite the inclusion of weapons in the single market, there exists no common market for the defense. The advantages to unifying the defense industry and creating a single market for defense are clear and undeniable.