Issue Brief on “US Space Force: Is Competition in Space Inevitable?”
The US formally established the US Space Force (USSF) when President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act on December 20, 2019. USSF...
Issue Brief on “Gwadar Port Opens up for Transit Trade with Afghanistan”
The first economic success of more than US $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) in general, and of Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA)in particular, materialized...
Issue Brief on “Iran’s Coronovirus Outbreak Responses & Crippling US Sanctions”
Year 2020 in its very first quarter has unleashed an invisible enemy upon the world; COVID-19 a viral pandemic that has claimed thousands of...
Issue Brief on “SAARC Leaders Unite To Fight Covid-19”
As the world grapples with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the South Asian leaders held a video conference on March 15, 2020 to formulate a...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan-China Cooperation: Dealing with Locust Outbreak in Pakistan
Even as Pakistan deals with the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, it is afflicted with yet another plague of biblical proportions that has taken...
Issue Brief on “The Global Impact of Corona Pandemic”
The outbreak of Corona virus disease (COVID- 19) has caught the world surprised and unprepared. The disease was declared as a Pandemic on March...
Issue Brief on “Cyber Warfare in Outer Space: A Cloud on the Horizon”
In March 2020, the US Air Force commissioned a “digital twin” of a satellite to conduct a wide range of simulated penetration tests to...
Issue Brief on “Taliban-US Peace Deal: An Appraisal”
After nearly two decades of protracted war, bloodshed and all the baggage that war carries, the US and the Afghan Taliban finally signed a...
Issue Brief on “From ‘Howdy Modi’ to ‘Namaste Trump'”
US President Trump was hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the city of Ahmadabad marking his first official visit to India since taking...
Issue Brief on “UN Secretary General’s Visit to Pakistan”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Pakistan for a 4-day visit on February 16, 2020. This was his first official visit to Pakistan...
