https://www.scmp.com/rss/520756/feed Syeda Saba Batool is a research officer at the Strategic Vision Institute, Islamabad and serves as a board member of the Emerging Voices Network (EVN-Nuclear). She is also a woman expert at the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network. An alumna of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung in Vienna, she holds an MPhil in international relations from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. As an emerging expert on peaceful nuclear applications, nuclear safety, security, and energy security, she has contributed to a... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com 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