Issue Brief on “Hurtling Towards a Point of No Return: Palestine Under Siege”
On May 7, 2021, the last Friday of Ramazan, one of the most revered moments of a month whose sanctity in itself enjoins that...
Issue Brief on “The Curious Case of Silicon Values in India: Social Media Regulations...
One of the core promises of the internet is to provide extraordinary freedom to common people, without the control of money and politics. However,...
Issue Brief on “Rohingya Refugees in India: No Place to Call Home”
The sad saga of Rohingya people apparently has
no end in sight. On the contrary, with each passing day, their life is becoming
more miserable and...
Issue Brief on “China-Iran Strategic Cooperation Agreement: Cautious Evolution of Bilateral Relations”
On March 27, China and Iran concluded a bilateral agreement to deepen political ties and expand economic cooperation over the next 25 years. Officially...
Issue Brief on “World Leaders Summit on Climate: A Step in the Right Direction”
President Biden rejoined the Paris Climate
Agreement on his first day of presidency
and formally re-entered the treaty one month later. Delivering on his
commitment towards climate...
Issue Brief on “China’s Success in Poverty Eradication: An Appraisal”
As the world was dealing with the global
pandemic of Covid-19, concerns were raised about China’s ability to meet its
target of poverty eradication by end...
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...
