Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Qatar-Gulf Rift: Going Beyond a War of Words”

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates broke off relations with Qatar on June 5, 2017 in what is being seen as...

Issue Brief on “China Set to Lead Fight Against Climate Change”

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement has received strong criticism both at home and abroad. The move which has made United...

Issue Brief on “Libyan Civil War: A Growing Inferno”

More than six years after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown, chaos still reigns in Libya. Fighting erupted between rival militias in Tripoli in the last...

Issue Brief on “US-Saudi Arabia Ties: A New Realignment Under Trump”

Saudi Arabia became the first foreign country to be visited by the new US President Donald Trump as he landed in the country on...

Issue Brief on “FATA: A Situational Analysis”

With the exception of the Mohmand agency, the overall security situation in FATA in 2016 witnessed a drastic improvement according to a report recently...

Issue Brief on “Diamer-Bhasha Dam Gets a New Revival”

On May 13, 2017, China and Pakistan signed a US$50 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and complete the North Indus River Cascade...

Issue Brief on “The Manchester Attack”

Britain has decided to deploy military personnel at public events in the aftermath of a monstrous suicide attack which had hit the foyer area...

Issue Brief on “Trump: Breaking the Logjam on the Kashmir Dispute”

Since the Indo-Pak partition, the political status of the state of Kashmir has been contested by both Pakistan and India and it still remains...

Issue Brief on “Afghanistan’s Corruption Dilemma: Progress and Challenges”

Corruption remains a very serious impediment to development anywhere in the world. But in the case of Afghanistan, rampant corruption has been a hindrance...

Issue Brief on “ICJ Verdict on Jadhav Case: The Battle is not Over Yet”

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on May 18 ‘stayed’ the execution of Kulbushan Jadhav till its final verdict. The decision was made after...

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