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Arhama Siddiqa


Research Fellow

Areas of Research:

Middle East and North Africa

Ms. Arhama Siddiqa is currently working as a Research Fellow at Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). She graduated from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2013 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Political Science and Economics and went on to complete an MA in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick in 2014. In 2017 she was awarded the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, during which she was based at Conciliation Resources in the United Kingdom.

Mail arhama.siddiqa@issi.org.pk

Issue Brief on “War in Syria: The Final Push Against the Islamic State”

On 10 February, 2019, in an attempt to make one final stand in the Syrian town of Baghuz, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),...

Tuesday Dialogue on “Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) has begun a new series of non-attributable informal discussion on key relationships of Pakistan. The series titled...

Conversation with Ambassador Cameron Munter

On January 15, 2019, the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) in collaboration with Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) organised a public talk...

Report – In-House Meeting with “Egyptian Media Delegation”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an In-House Meeting with a 2-member media delegation from Egypt on December 3, 2018. The delegation included...

Issue Brief on “Syria: Liberating Idlib”

After successful offensives to retake Daraa and Quneitra provinces in August 2018, the Syrian Government announced that its main concern was now to “liberate”...

Report – In-House Meeting with “UAE Media Delegation”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an In-House meeting with a 3-member Media Delegation from UAE on September 4, 2018. Members of...

Issue Brief on “Saudi Salwa Canal Project”

“Starting the Salwa Canal. Congratulations to the Saudi people for this wonderful project that will transform the small terrorist state of Qatar into...

Issue Brief on “Yemen-UAE: Sparring Over Socotra”

Yemen is immersed in yet another conflict – this time centered around the island of Socotra. The most recent power struggle is in between...

Issue Brief on “Iran Versus Israel: The Shadow War in Syria”

What started out as the Syrian civil war has fast become the Syrian war and the Tiyas Military Airbase or T-4 as it's known...

Issue Brief on “The Escalating Crisis in Syria”

On April 14, in a move likely to only contribute to an already volatile situation, the United States and its British and French allies...