Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “OIC Report on Kashmir Highlights Plight of Kashmiri People”

The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) released its report on Kashmir titled “Report of the OIC-IPHRC Fact Finding Visit to the State of Azad...

Issue Brief on “Inauguration of the Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council and Rex Tillerson’s Middle East...

“What links Saudi Arabia to Iraq is not just geography and common interests, but ties of fraternity, blood, history and destiny”. This was stated...

Issue Brief on “EU-India Summit 2017: Lessons for Pakistan”

On October 6, 2017, India hosted the 14th EU-India Summit in New Delhi to mark the 55th anniversary of EU-India diplomatic relations. The summit...

Issue Brief on “Tillerson’s Visit to Pakistan- More of the Same”

Pakistan is one country that the current US Administration can neither recognise as an important ally nor put it on the sidelines. In the...

Issue Brief on “India-Bangladesh Loan Deal”

On October 4, 2017, Bangladesh and India signed a line of credit (LoC) agreement worth $4.5 billion. The deal had already been announced several...

Issue Brief on “An Overview of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist...

China is the great hope for the world. It is the largest populated country with huge intake of world's Gross Domestic Product of over...

Issue Brief on “CPEC: FAST TRACKING WORK ON SEZS “

With energy and infrastructure projects nearing completion, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has now entered into the second phase where industrial development would take...

Issue Brief on “The Politics of Saudi Missile Defence Deals”

On October 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the purchase of S-400 air defense systems from Russia. The MoU...

Issue Brief on “UN Counter-Terrorism Initiatives: A New Resolve”

In order to strengthen the efforts against combating and countering terrorism, the United Nations adopted a Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in September 2006, which came...

Issue Brief on “Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Deal 2017: Raising Hopes”

The rival Palestinian political parties, Hamas and Fatah,  signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017 as part of an effort to...

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