Issue Brief on “The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene”
The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Report 2020 titled, “The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene” brings a new...
Issue Brief on “Indo-Pak Nascent Rapprochement: A Preliminary Assessment”
The Indo-Pak relationship is unique due to
peculiar nature. There have been a few neighbours in the world who share mutual
history and still...
Issue Brief on “India – A Democracy in Peril”
The pandemic has changed the world: both for better and worse. However, in case of democratic values the world has witnessed decline...
Issue Brief on “India is uncomfortable with Imran Khan’s visit to Sri Lanka”
Prime
Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan undertook a two-day official visit to Sri
Lanka, on the invitation of his Sri Lankan counterpart, Mahinda Rajapaksa,...
Issue Brief on “Elusive Peace: One year of the US-Taliban Peace Agreement”
The end of February 2021 marked one year of
the US-Taliban peace agreement signed in February
2020 in Doha. This was the most recent...
Issue Brief on “Russia and The Afghan Peace Process “
"The
United States, not the Taliban, breaching the Afghan peace deal."
This was stated by Russia's Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan Ambassador Zamir
Kabulov on February...
Issue Brief on “Iran’s Covid-19 Vaccine: Hope Amid Controversy”
In December 2020, Iran announced that it has
made not one but two home-grown COVID-19 vaccines. Iran's
efforts to find a preventive treatment for...
Issue Brief on “New Start: Extension and Beyond”
Moscow and Washington agreed to extend the 2010 bilateral arms control treaty, New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) on January 26,...
Issue Brief on “New Team in The White House – Implication for Pakistan”
There is a new team in the White House and President Biden's selection of the members of his cabinet will wield considerable...
Issue Brief on “Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises (SOES) and its Implications for Pakistan”
State-owned
enterprises (SOEs) caused a colossal loss of Rs. 692 billion since 2017 to the
national exchequer due to lack of reforms in these...
