Issue Brief on “ISIS – Moving towards its End”
Middle East as a whole has been home to a series of violent extremism. A new wave of extremism erupted after the emergence of...
Issue Brief on “North Korea’s ICBM Tests: Potential to hit the US”
North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 4 and 28, 2017. This has again raised fears that Pyongyang now has the...
Issue Brief on Spain to come up with the new “tourist model” and “tourist-phobia”
While qualifying his views on the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils that killed 15 people on August 17, 2017, Pere Mariné, executive member of...
Issue Brief on “Re-Building Bridges: Saudi Engagement with Iraq”
Several diplomatic visits have taken place between leaders of Saudi Arabia and Iraq in recent months. In February 2017, Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s minister...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan COAS Visit to Tajikistan: Opening up New Vistas”
Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa paid a three-day visit to Tajikistan from August 27-29, 2017 for participation in the Quadrilateral...
Issue Brief on “Chinese Naval Base in Djibouti: Possibilities and Implications”
The Chinese inaugurated their first overseas military base on August 1, 2017 with a flag raising ceremony in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa....
Issue Brief on “Hambantota Port Deal: On the Chessboard of Regional Power Politics”
The Chinese Hambantota Port Deal with Sri Lanka indicates its growing economic and political clout in South Asia. In comparison with India, China has...
Issue Brief on “How Mounting Fiscal Deficit is Hampering Pakistan’s Economic Growth”
The problem of Fiscal Deficit is one of the major causes for the stunting of economic growth in many developing countries around the world....
Issue Brief on “Sunnat-e-Khola, or The Way of Khola”
In a clear attempt to re-establish their hold, broaden its reach and woo females to join the group, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), published Sunnat-e-Khola,...
Issue Brief on “US Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement: Consequences and Outcomes”
The Paris agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and...
