Rizwan Zeb

South Asia strategic stability, Pakistan, strategy, nukes. Aikido practitioner, cigar aficionado, amateur violinist. Orbis non sufficit.

[Adil Najam  @AdilNajam]

If it’s not yours,
don’t take it.

If it’s not right,
don’t do it.

If its not true,
don’t say it.

If you don’t know,
shut up.

- Japanese proverb

[United Nations @UN]

Pakistan assumes the rotating presidency of the Security Council for the month of July.

Follow @PakistanUN_NY for updates. https://t.co/4fWTKPUARg

[Rizwan Zeb @SRizwanZeb]

I reviewed "Sanctions for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Moving Forward" edited by @ArmendBekaj & Peter Wallensteen for SVI's Journal of Security and Strategic Analyses:
A must read for sanctions scholars!
https://t.co/5jspa1rqPh

@AlvamyrdalCNTR

[Salman Masood @salmanmasood]

Just read that Durrani Stationers in Super Market, Islamabad, has shut down after 50 years.
It was a short walk from our house, a quiet corner where childhood took shape, from school supply runs and exam panic to summer workbook rituals.
Now the shutters are down, and with them, another piece of Islamabad’s old soul.
Like Radio City, Heaven Fast Food, Sam, and Offbeat Music Store, Durrani too has slipped into the realm of nostalgia.

[Jalil Abbas Jilani @JalilJilani]

For India, politically motivated terrorism charges are not about terrorism. It is part of India's coercive diplomacy to avoid a comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan to resolve Kashmir and other disputes, including terrorism - a major concern, given Indian support to BLA, TTP etc

[DGPR (AIR FORCE) @DGPR_PAF]

Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu Undertakes Landmark Visit to United States, Holds High-Level Meetings at Pentagon, State Department and Capitol Hill

[Maleeha Lodhi @LodhiMaleeha]

50 year old book and stationary shop, Durrani and co, shuts down in Islamabad. Very sad

[Moeed W. Yusuf @YusufMoeed]

Hilarious. Telling the person whose team mediated the crisis that no mediation took place!! Must have been an amusing conversation.

The Indian media and government have set new standards for faking stuff. They continue to deny plain facts about the recent crisis. It's been bad enough that even Western media has openly berated them. And yet, lies must beget lies… so they continue.

To intellectualize it:

India’s aversion to third-party mediation is well known. But it has never applied to crisis moments with Pakistan. When regional nuclear powers get into a crisis, stronger global powers with influence will show up whether regional parties ask for them or not.

India, often more than Pakistan, has been eager to engage third parties to put pressure on Pakistan and de-escalate crises since the region’s nuclearization. This isn’t up for debate, these are documented facts (Read: Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments). Pakistan does the same.

But what’s the shame in accepting this? It’s the only sensible thing to do for both in the absence of bilateral crisis management mechanisms.

Here is the paradox in India’s position: if it doesn’t want a third party to intervene at all, it needs to agree to bilateral crisis management and dispute resolution. If it does not do that, and India and Pakistan continue with a broken relationship, the U.S. and others will play their role in preventing major war. That’s just how it is; lying about it won't change anything.

[Anthony Albanese @AlboMP]

We're making 16 years old the minimum age for social media. Here's why.

[UppsalaPeaceConflict @UU_Peace]

We are delighted to share the news that our department has been awarded four research project grants from the Swedish Research Council (VR). Congratulations to Erika, Karin, Sebastian, and Kathleen on this achievement!

[Timothy Kane @AusHCPak]

This #IqbalDay, let’s honour the wisdom of the Shayar-e-Mashriq, and strive to realise our true potential. Here’s one of his verses that continues to inspire me:

خودی کو کر بلند اتنا کہ ہر تقدیر سے پہلے
خدا بندے سے خود پوچھے بتا تیری رضا کیا ہے

#AllamaIqbal

[Timothy Kane @AusHCPak]

Enjoying the festive sweetness of Sawaiyyan. #BakraEid Mubarak to all Pakistanis here and to the many thousands celebrating back home in Australia. Gotta love those Pakistani Eid sweets! Eid Mubarak 🇦🇺❤️🇵🇰. #EidMubarak

[Timothy Kane @AusHCPak]

What better way to celebrate Eid than with a good #bbq (or barbie) so familiar to both Aussies and Pakistanis. Bakara Eid Mubarak to all Pakistanis here and back home. 🇦🇺🤝🇵🇰 #EidMubarak

[Alva Myrdal Centre @AlvamyrdalCNTR]

After a short lunch break and some time for networking, the conference program continues. Join us online for exciting panels on the new AMC Data Project, Sanctions & Taboos, Arms Control & Verification, or Diversity
&Gender Perspectives on nuclear disarmament. #AlvaMyrdalCentre

[Iva Apostolova @Pergament_F]

"Some people wear armor, others books."
Jose Saramago

[AI Archive @AI_Archive_]

If you're the smartest person in the room, then you're in the wrong room. 🧠

[Paul Poast @ProfPaulPoast]

Should everyone have nuclear weapons?

That's the core question in the Waltz-Sagan debate

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[Lahore School of Economics @Lahore_School]

Dr. Rizwan Zeb @SRizwanZeb, Professor of International Relations & Strategic Studies and Directing St (Research) at the Air War College Institute Karachi on "A State is a State! Debate on the Nature of State in Muslim States and Societies."