Issue Brief on “Rising World Military Spending in the Age of Pandemic: An Overview”
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in its latest “SIPRI Fact Sheet” of April 2021, published data on world military expenditure and estimated...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Nuclear Energy Outlook”
In March 2021, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) announced that it had connected the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant KANUPP Unit-2 (K-2) with a...
Issue Brief on “US Human Rights Report – 2020: An Appraisal and Key Takeaways”
Pledging
to put human rights back at the center of American foreign policy, President
Biden and his administration released its Human Rights Report – 2020 (HRR-2020)
in...
Issue Brief on “Cybersecurity under the Biden Administration: Issues and Way Forward”
Since
January 20, 2021, the new US President, Joe Biden, has started ‘erasing the legacy
of the Trump administration’ with the blitz of executive orders on...
Issue Brief on “Currency Manipulators: India on US Treasury Currency Monitoring List Once...
India is one of 11 countries on the US Treasury’s ‘Monitoring List’ with regard to their currency practices as per the April 2021 edition...
Issue Brief on “Lavrov’s Visit: Taking Pakistan-Russian Bilateral Relations to New Heights”
On April 7, 2021, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov concluded his two-day visit to Pakistan after his arrival in the country on April 6,...
Issue Brief on “African Continental Free Trade Area: Harbinger for Trade”
In January 2021, the African Union launched the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which is one of the largest free trade areas in...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Struggle against Air Pollution”
While Pakistan’s carbon emissions are very low in comparison to the rest of the world, it is among the most polluted countries in terms...
Issue Brief on “China – Iran Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: Prospects for Pakistan”
In July 2020, New York Times ran a front-page story on a 25 year- strategic partnership between China and Iran. In a world gripped...
Issue Brief on ” From Democracy to Autocracy: India’s Deteriorating Record of Human Rights”
The sharp decline in human rights and growing intolerance in India, which prides itself to be the world’s largest democracy has grabbed the attention...
