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Rabia Akhtar

@rabsaa.bsky.social

Visiting Scholar, MTA, Belfer Center, HKS | Dean Social Sciences, University of Lahore, Director CSSPR https://csspr.uol.edu.pk/ PhD Security Studies, KSU | Author, The Blind Eye: US Nonprolif Policy towards 🇵🇰 Free e-book: https://csspr.uol.edu.pk/f2c

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Rabia Akhtar@rabsaa.bsky.social · last yr.

Signaling solidarity is not the same as issuing a blank check of military intervention. Islamabad is not offering Riyadh a covert “nuclear button,” and Riyadh is not signing up to fight in Kashmir. Defense cooperation ≠ automatic war pledge, and signaling ≠ nuclear guarantee.

Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · last yr.

@rabsaa.bsky.social has released her edited volume, "Strategic Reckoning: Perspectives on Deterrence and Escalation Post-Pahalgam", offering timely insights into the dynamics of deterrence, crisis management, and regional security in South Asia. www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...

Rabia Akhtar@rabsaa.bsky.social · last yr.

Beyond Nukes. Pakistan’s Army Rocket Force Command aims to hit hard without crossing the nuclear line, cleaner command, better targeting, and a faster kill chain to stress Indian IADS. Why this matters & what to watch next! Here's my initial assessment of ARFC. pakistanpolitico.com/arfc/

Pakistan’s Army Rocket Force Command

Rabia Akhtar (Note: This piece offers a preliminary read of the ARFC announcement and its implications, pending further

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Rabia Akhtar@rabsaa.bsky.social · last yr.

The world does not need more deterrence posturing. It needs strategic humility. In this piece for @belfercenter.bsky.social, I reflect on the Nobel Laureate Declaration and its urgent call to recalibrate how we think about nuclear risk. www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...

Remember Your Humanity: Why the Nobel Laureate Declaration Is a Call for Strategic Recalibration

Marking the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test, Nobel Peace Laureates and experts issued a powerful declaration urging urgent global action to reduce nuclear risks amid rising geopolitical instabili...

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Alex Wellerstein@wellerstein.bsky.social · last yr.

Actually after trying to do a very simple operation to merge data from two GeoTIFF files I now understand why Oppenheimer is involved with this. It is a cautionary tale...!!!

Alex Wellerstein@wellerstein.bsky.social · last yr.

I was looking for a decent GeoTIFF viewer and suddenly there's a random photo of J. Robert Oppenheimer on my screen. What does J. Robert Oppenheimer have to do with GIS mapping? I am become GeoTIFF, destroyer of worlds? IDK. Very strange.

Rabia Akhtar@rabsaa.bsky.social · last yr.

“Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.” Guided by these words, we signed the Nobel Laureate Assembly Declaration in Chicago to stop the drift toward nuclear war. Clear steps. Shared responsibility. Urgent action. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-...

The Nobel Laureate Assembly Declaration for the Prevention of Nuclear War

Tremendous progress has been made in reducing global nuclear stockpiles and nuclear risks, but we are now heading in the wrong direction. Poised at the beginning of a new, complex, and dangerous nucle...

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Rabia Akhtar@rabsaa.bsky.social · last yr.

The new e-book on Operation Sindoor is not just a post-crisis account, it is India’s blueprint for normalising pre-emptive force against Pakistan. My latest analysis examines why this strategic shift should alarm anyone concerned with nuclear stability in South Asia open.substack.com/pub/rakhtar/...

India’s Strategic Revisionism: How India Is Legitimising Pre-emptive Force

Reading 'Operation Sindoor' as India’s Most Dangerous Shift in Strategic Thinking Yet

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Rabia Akhtar@rabsaa.bsky.social · last yr.

From Cold War calculus to Trump 2.0, Pakistan has sustained relations with competing powers by leveraging relevance. Here’s my latest substack on Pakistan’s quiet masterclass in geopolitical calibration. open.substack.com/pub/rakhtar/...

Echoes of Alignment: Ceasefires, Crisis Diplomacy, and the Weight of Old Choices

In May 2025, after 87 tense hours of high-intensity conflict, it was the United States once again stepping in to broker a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

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