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Dean Social Sciences @ULahore Dir @CSSPR_UOL, PhD Security Studies @KState Author,The Blind Eye: US Nonprolif Policy towards 🇵🇰 Non-Res MTA Associate @Harvard

Cambridge, MA
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Excited to launch my Substack: Strategic Fractures .Join my space to rethink power, deterrence, and global security from the lens of the Global South anchored in Pakistan’s strategic thought. Subscribe for free & follow the journey
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RT @Adeelaahmed6gm1: All the best wishes Respected Mam @Rabs_AA to be among one of the best experts from #Pakistan to attend #Nobel laurea….
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RT @syedalizia1992: What a resounding stint it was for you. I had no doubts that you would complete it with flying colors while also doing….
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RT @A_WarisHameed: Lahore, @CSSPR_UOL , Nihari and friends await your arrival 🥳.
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As my 10-month in-residence fellowship @ManagingtheAtom @BelferCenter @Kennedy_School comes to a close, I find myself filled with deep gratitude for the ideas explored, the questions sharpened, and the friendships that have nourished both intellect and soul. To have shared space
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RT @MAstronomers: This is Mars!. 140 million miles away from us!
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.@brigarunsahgal Thanks for flagging this article. It is disingenuous of Col. Nilesh Kunwar to frame General Asim Munir’s remarks about the irreconcilability between Pakistan’s Islamic identity and Hindutva India as a bizarre or irrational position when India itself has moved.
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@Rabs_AA Please read this.
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RT @clary_co: Re-reading @Rabs_AA 's long-piece on US-Pakistan troubles over perceived Pakistani missile aspirations and it strikes me that….
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RT @syedalizia1992: When a state feels triumphant about the use of force against its nuclear-armed adversary ,it sure thinks that deterrenc….
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Each time someone in India pens another self-congratulatory analysis of #OperationSindoor, the script remains eerily familiar: glorify military precision, deny Pakistani response, erase Kashmiri agency, and present restraint as dominance. But zoom out and a far more dangerous arc.
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My analysis of the operational, geopolitical and diplomatic lessons we can derive from #OperationSindoor:.
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RT @alaizafarid: That’s so incredibly kind of you ma'am! I know I say this often, but I truly mean it every time: you are the driving force….
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Yaaaaay Touchdown 😎 Proud moment as one of our brightest Alaiza Farid @alaizafarid from School of Integrated Social Sciences, University of Lahore, makes her mark on the global stage! Representing Pakistan 🇵🇰at the 2025 TFAS International Prague Summer Program, she joins an
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RT @thewire_in: #Excerpt | Narendra Modi’s Step by Step Journey Towards Creating Fascism in India. A new book by veteran journalist Prem Sh….
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RT @talhaahmad967: Iran's rhetoric-based foreign policy lacked strategic depth as the political arrangements were considered 'strategic par….
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RT @Mushahid: Heartiest congratulations President @RTErdogan on historic peace agreement with Kurdish separatists whose main party, PKK, ha….
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RT @syedalizia1992: This is a thoughtful take from @Rabs_AA on the changing idea of strategic depth, which centers on both space and time t….
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Post-May 2025, Pakistan’s depth spans kinetic, cognitive, technological, cyber, and diplomatic domains. In tomorrow’s wars, survival hinges on how deep your system really runs. Inviting you to read and engage:.
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May 2025 shattered the myth of linear escalation. Strategic depth now lies in how many domains you can defend, deceive, and dominate simultaneously.
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After May 2025, war is no longer just kinetic. Strategic depth now means: how fast you learn, how well you adapt, and how deeply you are networked across domains. Pakistan's layers of depth are evolving.
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