Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “US-India Trade Tensions”

With the changing dynamics of the international system, one can witness a change in the policy making and economic interests of the states. On...

Issue Brief on “US-China Trade War: One Year After”

The month of July marked one-year anniversary of Sino-US trade war. Multiple events led to mounting tensions between the two states, however, on July...

Issue Brief on “Gwadar and Hambantota under BRI”

The economic and strategic investment by China under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is credited as the country’s greatest international economic ambition catering...

Issue Brief on “Climate Change and Its Impact on Pakistan’s Agricultural Sector”

The issue of climate change has long been on the fringes of the global development agenda, yet it is only recently that it has...

Issue Brief on “Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century'”

After nearly a year of undertaking the complexities behind one of the world’s most “intractable disputes,” an American peace plan, also known as the...

Issue Brief on “The Iranian Nuclear Program – Going Back to Square One”

Tensions are still high between the United States and Iran, even forty years after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. As Iran continues to pursue its...

Issue Brief on “UNCTAD Investment Report 2018: Investment Trends”

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) publishes an annual World Investment Report alongside many other initiatives like the Investment Policy Framework...

Issue Brief on “US Mid-Term Elections 2018: The Race for Congress”

Mid-term elections in the United States are the general elections held in November every four years, near the midpoint of a president's four-year term...

Issue Brief on “Yemen: Saudi Coalition Struggles to Retake Hodeidah Port”

On July 21, 2018 the Yemeni government struggled to take back control of the Hodeidah port as the Saudi-led coalition had failed to occupy...

Issue Brief on “Syria-Operation Manbij: A Complex Decision for US and Turkey”

On June 4, 2018, after a month of long negotiations, Washington and Ankara finally agreed on an alliance over a military operation against the...

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