https://www.scmp.com/rss/513521/feed Abdul Moiz Khan is a research officer at the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS), Islamabad. He is also pursuing MPhil in international relations at the School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Abdul Moiz Khan Abdul Moiz Khan The United States and Israel are using artificial intelligence (AI) in their ongoing war on Iran. Even amid Anthropic’s blacklisting by the Pentagon amid a dispute over wartime applications, The Washington Post reported that the US military used the company’s AI tool Claude to strike around 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of the invasion. Claude helped in war-planning by optimising target selection, analysing intelligence data and issuing precise location coordinates by assessing satellite... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3345878/iran-strikes-are-wake-call-regulate-military-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3345878/iran-strikes-are-wake-call-regulate-military-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:30:08 +0000 On December 18, the United States imposed sanctions on Pakistan’s ballistic missile programme under executive order 13382, which targets proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. Sanctions were imposed on four Pakistani entities, including the state-owned National Development Complex. This round of sanctions is the fourth of its kind in 14 months. In October 2023, the US sanctioned three Chinese entities for allegedly supplying Pakistan with materials that could... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3292891/us-sanctions-pakistan-will-only-push-it-closer-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3292891/us-sanctions-pakistan-will-only-push-it-closer-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:30:08 +0000 The Russia-Ukraine conflict has again highlighted the importance of nuclear power plant security. Since the start of the war, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been under threat and, recently, amid Ukraine’s incursions into Russia, attacks close to the Kursk nuclear power plant have also raised safety fears. This week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations that Russia was planning attacks on his country’s nuclear power plants, warning of a possible “nuclear... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3279919/world-must-agree-nuclear-plants-are-limits-even-wartime?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3279919/world-must-agree-nuclear-plants-are-limits-even-wartime?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Sep 2024 01:30:09 +0000 Ashley Tellis, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, used a recent report to propose an interesting security arrangement between India, France and the United States in the Indian Ocean. He calls this new grouping Infrus, borrowing the idea from the Aukus grouping of Australia, Britain and the United States that was introduced last year to supply at least eight nuclear-powered submarines to Australia by 2040. Such a strategic alliance has implications at multiple... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3196272/india-getting-french-nuclear-sub-technology-could-trigger-indian-ocean-arms-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3196272/india-getting-french-nuclear-sub-technology-could-trigger-indian-ocean-arms-race?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Oct 2022 19:30:13 +0000 In his book, The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World, Indian foreign minister S. Jaishankar writes that the country’s grand strategy should be to advance “national interests by identifying and exploiting opportunities created by global contradictions” and maximise “gains from as many ties as possible”. With this objective, India is expanding its reach in international politics and pursuing relations with the major powers. However, this could be at odds with its interests in the region... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3191080/seeking-be-major-global-power-india-risks-being-undermined-its-own?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3191080/seeking-be-major-global-power-india-risks-being-undermined-its-own?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:45:17 +0000