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Arhama Siddiqa


Research Fellow

Areas of Research:

Middle East and North Africa

Ms. Arhama Siddiqa is currently working as a Research Fellow at Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) and is currently pursuing her PhD in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University. She graduated from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2013 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Political Science and Economics and went on to complete an MA in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick in 2014. In 2017 she was awarded the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship, during which she was based at Conciliation Resources in the United Kingdom. She has also written for various publications including The Express Tribune, South Asian Voices, Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye and Al Jazeera Centre for Studies. She has also published in a number of Higher Education Commission verified journals and in 2024, she was also a paper presenter in the Gulf Research Meeting in Cambridge University, UK.

Mail arhama.siddiqa@issi.org.pk

Issue Brief on “Regional Realignment in the Red Sea”

Two small, deserted islands, Tiran and Sanafir, lie between Egypt and Saudi Arabia at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba. Recently, Egypt’s parliament...

Issue Brief on “Qatar-Gulf Rift: Going Beyond a War of Words”

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates broke off relations with Qatar on June 5, 2017 in what is being seen as...

Issue Brief on “Libyan Civil War: A Growing Inferno”

More than six years after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown, chaos still reigns in Libya. Fighting erupted between rival militias in Tripoli in the last...

Issue Brief on “Abbas-Trump Meeting: A Pointless Endeavor”

On 3 May 3,2017 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived at the White House with one purpose in mind: to present himself and his...

Seminar on “Pakistan Relations with Central Asian Republics & Azerbaijan: Prospects and Challenges” (Press...

Seminar on "Pakistan Relations with Central Asian Republics & Azerbaijan: Prospects and Challenges" Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad May 11, 2017 “Leadership from Pakistan and the Central Asian Republics...

Issue Brief on “Intra Syrian Talks – Round Four: Grappling with Peace”

The fourth round of intra-Syrian talks were held in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana from May 3 to 4. Delegations of the ceasefire guarantor states,...

Issue Brief on “Turkey Referendum 2017: A Democratic Quest?”

“Don’t beat the air... it is too late now”. This was stated by President Erdogan, of Turkey in his post referendum victory speech. In...

The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle, Publisher: Public Affairs, New...

It is hard to identify the exact moment that the Muslim world cracked, provoking talk of a third world war. The exact date can...

Issue Brief on “28th Arab Summit: Beyond the Veneer of Optimism”

"We will now make all efforts to translate them (recommendations) into reality.” This was stated by King Abdullah of Jordan in his closing remarks...

Reforms in Gilgit-Baltistan

Abstract The Gilgit-Baltistan region is neither a province of Pakistan nor part of the federation. Recently, the suggestion that Gilgit-Baltistan be made a province of...