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
Like seriously! Who’s with me?
August 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Like seriously! Who’s with me?
To all my PhD students!
July 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To all my PhD students!
Is India rewriting the logic of nuclear deterrence in South Asia? Yes and it is doing so openly, deliberately, and dangerously.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Is India rewriting the logic of nuclear deterrence in South Asia? Yes and it is doing so openly, deliberately, and dangerously.
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Embed EDTs into Crisis Simulations
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July 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Embed EDTs into Crisis Simulations
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In a post-May 2025 world, deterrence stability depends not only on nuclear doctrines but also on how EDT usage is framed, signaled, and constrained. open.substack.com/pub/rakhtar/...
July 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
In a post-May 2025 world, deterrence stability depends not only on nuclear doctrines but also on how EDT usage is framed, signaled, and constrained. open.substack.com/pub/rakhtar/...
In a world of shifting alliances and sharpened rivalries, Pakistan stays the course, balancing great powers by playing the space in between!
July 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In a world of shifting alliances and sharpened rivalries, Pakistan stays the course, balancing great powers by playing the space in between!
My summer read just arrived! What if the particle and the prayer are part of the same equation? As I prepare to leave the US and return back home to Lahore, Capra’s 'The Tao of Physics' becomes my companion and compass, asking the questions I must carry into the next chapter of my becoming.
July 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My summer read just arrived! What if the particle and the prayer are part of the same equation? As I prepare to leave the US and return back home to Lahore, Capra’s 'The Tao of Physics' becomes my companion and compass, asking the questions I must carry into the next chapter of my becoming.
Still the sharpest warning for our age of denial.
June 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Still the sharpest warning for our age of denial.
The June 13 Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military leadership mark a watershed in regional deterrence dynamics. By targeting nuclear infrastructure and eliminating key IRGC and scientific figures, Israel has exposed the limits of nuclear latency as a shield.
June 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The June 13 Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military leadership mark a watershed in regional deterrence dynamics. By targeting nuclear infrastructure and eliminating key IRGC and scientific figures, Israel has exposed the limits of nuclear latency as a shield.
I am deeply honored to be invited to the upcoming Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, to be held at the University of Chicago this July.
June 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I am deeply honored to be invited to the upcoming Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, to be held at the University of Chicago this July.
#KhuzdarAttack Just 10 days ago, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) issued a manifesto calling for 'multi-front' attacks on Pakistan. Today, it bombed a school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan killing innocent children. The timing isn’t coincidence, it’s execution.
May 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#KhuzdarAttack Just 10 days ago, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) issued a manifesto calling for 'multi-front' attacks on Pakistan. Today, it bombed a school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan killing innocent children. The timing isn’t coincidence, it’s execution.
The Indian Foreign Minister’s assertion that Pakistan’s military was'offered a chance' to stay out of the conflict is a staggering distortion of international norms. The only message loud and clear is this: Pakistan will not be coerced into accepting punitive strikes as India's sovereign birthright.
May 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Indian Foreign Minister’s assertion that Pakistan’s military was'offered a chance' to stay out of the conflict is a staggering distortion of international norms. The only message loud and clear is this: Pakistan will not be coerced into accepting punitive strikes as India's sovereign birthright.
May 7 wasn’t just about missiles. It was about metadata. Pakistan fused Swedish radar, Chinese missiles, and tactical coordination to bring down three Rafales, without radar lock. This is what 21st-century air combat looks like.
#PAF #PL15 #ASAB2000 #RafaleDowned #TechShift
#PAF #PL15 #ASAB2000 #RafaleDowned #TechShift
May 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
May 7 wasn’t just about missiles. It was about metadata. Pakistan fused Swedish radar, Chinese missiles, and tactical coordination to bring down three Rafales, without radar lock. This is what 21st-century air combat looks like.
#PAF #PL15 #ASAB2000 #RafaleDowned #TechShift
#PAF #PL15 #ASAB2000 #RafaleDowned #TechShift
#EscalationControl #DigitalBattlespace Pakistan’s edge in the 2025 crisis didn’t come from volume of fire it came from how fire was directed. Secure data links, real-time targeting, and electronic warfare shaped outcomes long before the dust settled. Great analysis by Pravin Sawhney
May 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#EscalationControl #DigitalBattlespace Pakistan’s edge in the 2025 crisis didn’t come from volume of fire it came from how fire was directed. Secure data links, real-time targeting, and electronic warfare shaped outcomes long before the dust settled. Great analysis by Pravin Sawhney
Folks! In Saudi Arabia, President Trump claims credit for stopping an 🇮🇳 🇵🇰 war by offering trade as an off-ramp. Rubio worked the backchannels. And Vance reinforced the stakes. A strategic mix of economic stakes and political signaling turned the tide. Unorthodox? Yes. But unquestionably powerful.
May 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Folks! In Saudi Arabia, President Trump claims credit for stopping an 🇮🇳 🇵🇰 war by offering trade as an off-ramp. Rubio worked the backchannels. And Vance reinforced the stakes. A strategic mix of economic stakes and political signaling turned the tide. Unorthodox? Yes. But unquestionably powerful.
This 'radiation leak' document doing the rounds on the internet is FAKE!It's embarrassingly riddled with typos, errors, and zero official trace. India’s attempt to peddle forged proof of a strike on Pakistan’s nuclear site is not just desperate, it’s DANGEROUS.
#FakeNews #NuclearResponsibility
#FakeNews #NuclearResponsibility
May 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This 'radiation leak' document doing the rounds on the internet is FAKE!It's embarrassingly riddled with typos, errors, and zero official trace. India’s attempt to peddle forged proof of a strike on Pakistan’s nuclear site is not just desperate, it’s DANGEROUS.
#FakeNews #NuclearResponsibility
#FakeNews #NuclearResponsibility
#ThirdPartDeterrence Trump isn’t a traditional statesman, but his transactional threat, trade or trouble, inserted economic leverage into nuclear crisis diplomacy, pushing both 🇮🇳🇵🇰 to recalculate costs.
May 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#ThirdPartDeterrence Trump isn’t a traditional statesman, but his transactional threat, trade or trouble, inserted economic leverage into nuclear crisis diplomacy, pushing both 🇮🇳🇵🇰 to recalculate costs.
LOL! these are missiles being launched from Pakistan and ppl sitting around as if watching a cricket match and only run later! How can you fight and win a war with a fearless nation like this? No chance!
May 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
LOL! these are missiles being launched from Pakistan and ppl sitting around as if watching a cricket match and only run later! How can you fight and win a war with a fearless nation like this? No chance!
The U.S. role in crisis de-escalation deserves recognition. Yet strategic optimism must be tempered by historical experience. While the 2025 ceasefire is a notable diplomatic achievement, it rests upon a fragile equilibrium.
May 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The U.S. role in crisis de-escalation deserves recognition. Yet strategic optimism must be tempered by historical experience. While the 2025 ceasefire is a notable diplomatic achievement, it rests upon a fragile equilibrium.
