When Risk Becomes the System Maritime Instability and the Normalisation of Strategic Friction in the Gulf   Prof. Bari Malik FRSA FNIMA MInstPHonorary Fellow, National Institute of Maritime AffairsVisiting Professor, […]

Tehran The Next Miscalculation? by Nasir Imtiaz Research Associate National Institute of Maritime Affairs Islamabad   Failures in war do not only occur during a conflict; they often come right […]

REBEYOND THE HORMUZ: PAKISTAN’S PORTS AS REGION’S NEW ECONOMIC CENTER OF GRAVITY byCdre Khalid Rashid SI(M) (Retd)Director National Institute of Maritime Affairs Islamabad     The ongoing conflict in the […]

REBEYOND THE HORMUZ: PAKISTAN’S PORTS AS REGION’S NEW ECONOMIC CENTER OF GRAVITY bySyed Kamran Hamid Hashmi     Every crisis has an opportunity, with Hormuz blocked by Iran, Pakistani ports, […]

RECALIBRATION IN NORTH ARABIAN SEA RESULTING FROM INDIA’S SCALE BACK FROM CHABAHAR by Cdre Khalid Rashid SI(M) (Retd)Director National Institute of Maritime Affairs Islamabad   The recent news that India […]

Maritime Security Paradigm 2.0: Adapting the Global Commons to Strategic Competition by Rear Admiral Mirza Foad Amin Baig (Retd.)   1. INTRODUCTION Maritime security is entering a decisive phase of […]

THE SINKING OF THE IRIS DENA AND A BETRAYAL OF NAVAL GOODWILL by Cdre Khalid Rashid SI(M) (Retd)Director National Institute of Maritime Affairs Islamabad   Preamble The gray waters off […]

Supply Chain Resilience Needs more than Expansion PNSC in Retrospect by Cdre Raheel Masood SI(M) (Retd) Director Projects National Institute of Maritime Affairs Time and again, the maritime supply chain’s […]

Iran Conundrum: Choice Between Power and Diplomacy by Nasir Imtiaz  Reseach Associate National Institute of Maritime Affairs   The emerging geopolitical situation in Middle East is worrisome development in the […]

NIMA and RIO at the GUtech in Oman engaged in an online interactive discussion session. 26 Feb 2026: National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA) and the Research Centre Indian Ocean […]