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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

Tuesday Dialogue on “Pakistan-Russia Relations”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) held a Roundtable Discussion on Pakistan-Russia Relations on April 30, 2019 under the fourth round of its...

Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017. Ian Black. New...

November 2017, marked a century of the Balfour Declaration which promised the “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. In the book, Enemies...

Tuesday Dialogue on “Managing Relations with India – From Post -Pulwama to Lok Sabha...

Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI) hosted a roundtable under its Tuesday Dialogue series on March 26, 2019 on "Managing Relations with India -...

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...

Issue Brief on “War in Syria: The Final Push Against the Islamic State”

On 10 February, 2019, in an attempt to make one final stand in the Syrian town of Baghuz, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),...

Tuesday Dialogue on “Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) has begun a new series of non-attributable informal discussion on key relationships of Pakistan. The series titled...

Conversation with Ambassador Cameron Munter

On January 15, 2019, the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) in collaboration with Karachi Council on Foreign Relations (KCFR) organised a public talk...

Report – In-House Meeting with “Egyptian Media Delegation”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an In-House Meeting with a 2-member media delegation from Egypt on December 3, 2018. The delegation included...

Issue Brief on “Syria: Liberating Idlib”

After successful offensives to retake Daraa and Quneitra provinces in August 2018, the Syrian Government announced that its main concern was now to “liberate”...

Report – In-House Meeting with “UAE Media Delegation”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an In-House meeting with a 3-member Media Delegation from UAE on September 4, 2018. Members of...