Issue Brief on “Third Round of Astana Talks: A Gordian Knot in the...
The Syrian conflict marked a grim anniversary on March 15, as the country entered its seventh year of civil war.
On March 14, 2017, representatives...
Issue Brief on “Significance of Pakistan’s membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation”
China has always favoured close ties with its neighbours and promotion of regional harmony. In its attempt to stabilise Central Asia, it engaged with...
Issue Brief on “2016 Worst year for Syrian Children”
The Syrian civil war, one of the worst in recent history, has caused immense devastation and anarchy and continues to do so. However, the...
Issue Brief on “The Malaysia-North Korea Diplomatic Meltdown”
The diplomatic rift has been escalating between Malaysia and North Korea nowadays with no point of return. Malaysian authorities expelled the ambassador of the...
Issue Brief on “Towards Import Substitution: Manufacturing of Consumer items in Special Economic Zones...
As activities under China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are steadily gathering pace, more goods, both capital and consumer, are being imported from China. It...
Issue Brief on “Donald Trump and US Nuclear Security Agenda”
The Obama administration had successfully launched nuclear security summits (NSS) after the popular address of President Obama in Prague in April 2009. It was...
Issue Brief on “Afghan Refugees in Pakistan”
Pakistan has provided shelter to one of the world’s largest protracted refugee populations - more than 5 million Afghan refugees have been living in...
Issue Brief on “Geneva 4: Talks about talks?”
"The train is ready, it is in the station, it is warming up the engine. Everything is ready, it just needs an accelerator”-
This was...
Issue Brief on “Belt and Road Initiative Summit: A Disinterested Response from India”
That India refused to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Summit exposes its fears of internationalization of Kashmir dispute and its anti-connectivity...
Issue Brief on “The Last Battlefront: Reclaiming Western Mosul”
After months of conflict the Iraqi military and its allies have begun a major ground offensive to drive the Islamic State of Iraq and...
