Areeba Arif
Research Associate
Areas of Research:
Africa: South, East and Central Africa
Areeba Arif Khan works as a Research Associate at Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa and Middle East. She earned her Masters in International Relations from National University of Modern Languages Islamabad i9n 2016 and currently pursuing her M. Phil from National Defence University (NDU).
Tuesday Dialogue on “Pakistan’s Relations with Gulf Countries”
The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) held a Roundtable Discussion on Pakistan’s relations with the Gulf countries on February 26, 2019 under its...
The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power. Rudolph, Jennifer and Szonyi, Michael...
The China Questions: Critical Insights into a Rising Power is basically a collection of 36 chapters written by various scholars affiliated with the Fairbank...
Report – Public Talk on “Human Rights Violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir”
The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted a Public Talk on December 10, 2018 titled Human Rights Violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir. Dr....
Report – Roundtable Discussion with “Former Norwegian Prime Minister, Founder and Executive Chair...
The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted a Roundtable Discussion on September 26, 2018, with Mr. Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Norwegian Prime Minister...
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...
Energising SAARC: Options for Pakistan
Abstract
South Asia has a chequered history, as it has confronted great crisis and problem, such as poverty, bad governance, corruption, illiteracy and terrorism. The...
Issue Brief on “Crisis in the Maldives: The Beginning of an Indo-Chinese Chess Match”
Maldives has been thrust into a major political crisis on February 2, after the Supreme Court in a surprise development ordered the government to...
Issue Brief on “Sushma Swaraj’s Visit to Kathmandu: Renewed Hopes of Cementing New Alliances”
Indian Minister for External Affair Sushma Swaraj’s paid an unexpected visit to Kathmandu from February 1-2, 2018. Swaraj’s visit took place at a time...
Issue Brief on “SAARC: Delhi’s Continued Marginalization Agenda”
On January 2, 2018, India has excluded Pakistan from the list of SAARC member countries with which it will be connecting its state-of-the-art National...
Issue Brief on “Hambantota: Changing Hands”
Sri Lanka formally handed over the strategic port of Hambantota to China on a 99 year lease on December 9, 2017. The port, and...