Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
September 23, 2026
This seminar evaluates shifting risk profiles in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea during a renewed Trump era in Washington. The dis...
This seminar examines whether contemporary competition in advanced weapons, outer space, and military alliances constitutes a rebirth of Col...
India and Pakistan, despite being nuclear weapon states, have frequently engaged in conventional military conflicts. Given the regional...
This article examines how the Israel–Hamas war has recalibrated Middle Eastern geopolitics and what this means for the prospects of Palestin...
This article provides a perspective from the Bangladesh Armed Forces on the concept of "complex deterrence" in the 21st century. It argues t...
Debate over a looming “Thucydides Trap” often flattens the Indo-Pacific’s complexity. This article unpacks multiple overlapping discourses—d...
The abstract introduces ballistic missile defense (BMD) as both a technological innovation and strategic disruptor. Focusing on India’s prog...
This article examines US strategy in the Indian Ocean through the lens of offshore balancing. It surveys naval posture, access agreements, l...
This article dissects the 2008 Georgia–Russia war to clarify its strategic drivers and the wider implications for European security and smal...
This article provides a detailed analysis of Pakistan's ballistic missile program, explaining its procurement strategies and assessing its s...
This article provides a detailed analysis of Pakistan's nuclear doctrine, characterizing it as a complex posture that exists "between offenc...
This article provides a comparative analysis of the nuclear doctrines of India and Pakistan, as they had been articulated following their 19...
This article examines the complex problems of strategic stability in the context of the India-Pakistan nuclear arms race, with a particular...
This article argues that South Asia’s security agenda must integrate traditional state-centric concerns—deterrence, borders, conventional fo...
This article delves into the central conceptual debate in international security studies regarding the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It...
This article analyzes the Indo-Pakistani security relationship in the immediate aftermath of the 1999 Kargil crisis. It examines the causes,...
This article analyzes the immediate and medium-term responses of the United States, Russia, China and Pakistan to India’s Pokhran II nuclear...
This review assesses a timely edited collection that interrogates South Asia’s nuclear choices through strategic, legal and political lenses...
This article explores the profound impact of emerging technologies on the nature of future warfare, often described as a "Revolution in Mili...
This article provides a critical analysis of the growing threat of nuclear and missile proliferation in South Asia and its profound implicat...
