What did the May 2025 India–Pakistan crisis reveal about the future of nuclear deterrence in South Asia? In this episode of Strategic Focus, Dr. Anum A. Khan sits down with Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal, Vice-Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and one of Pakistan’s leading scholars of strategic and security studies, to discuss the evolving deterrence…
What does it take for women to thrive in one of Pakistan’s most challenging and traditionally male-dominated fields? In Episode 03 of Strategic Focus, Dr. Anum A. Khan speaks with Ms. Aiza Azam, Director Strategic Affairs and Outreach at StrafAsia and Faculty at FASS, Air University Islamabad, about how the next generation of Pakistani women…
Women in Security Podcast | Episode 2 | Featuring Dr. Anum Riaz What does it mean to be a woman shaping Pakistan’s security discourse? In this episode of the Women in Security Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Anum Riaz, Assistant Professor of Strategic Studies at the Faculty of Aerospace and Strategic Studies (FASS), Air…
Welcome to the first episode of Strategic Focus, a flagship podcast by the Network for Security, Strategy and Technology (NESST), where we bring together leading experts to discuss the ideas shaping international security, strategic affairs, and emerging technologies. In this inaugural episode, Dr. Anum A. Khan sits down with Dr. Salma Malik, Associate Professor at…