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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

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...

Public Talk on “60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome: Foundations and Prospects of...

Press Release Public Talk on "60th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome: Foundations and Prospects of the European Integration Process" Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad March 28, 2017   "Our...

Seminar on “US Foreign Policy and Trump Presidency: A Review and Outlook” (Press Release)

Press Release Seminar on "US Foreign Policy and Trump Presidency: A Review and Outlook" Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad March 27, 2017   “President Trump essentially wishes to restore American...

Issue Brief on “Third Round of Astana Talks: A Gordian Knot in the...

The Syrian conflict marked a grim anniversary on March 15, as the country entered its seventh year of civil war. On March 14, 2017, representatives...

Issue Brief on “Geneva 4: Talks about talks?”

"The train is ready, it is in the station, it is warming up the engine. Everything is ready, it just needs an accelerator”- This was...

Issue Brief on “The Last Battlefront: Reclaiming Western Mosul”

After months of conflict the Iraqi military and its allies have begun a major ground offensive to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and...

Public Talk on “Trump Administration: Emerging Opportunities for South Asia” (Press Release)

Press Release Public Talk on Trump Administration: Emerging Opportunities for South Asia Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad February 22, 2017 Pakistan cannot have a policy based on seventy years...

Seminar on “Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing – Khojaly 25” (Press Release)

Press Release Seminar on “Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing – Khojaly 25” in collaboration with the Embassy of Azerbaijan February 21, 2017 The Khojaly genocide of the 20th century is one...

Issue Brief on “Yemen: The Forgotten War”

One of Middle East’s bloodiest conflicts is also one, which is most overlooked. The almost three year old war in Yemen has killed more...

Issue Brief on “Paris Peace Conference: Much Ado About Nothing”

On January 15,  2017 officials from 70 countries congregated in Paris for a one-day conference to deliberate the future of the waning Middle East...