Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Modi threatens Water War with Pakistan: An Assessment “

Indus Water Treaty (IWT) - a trans-boundary water sharing treaty between India and Pakistan that was hailed for withstanding even the most difficult times...

Issue Brief on “CPEC and Pakistan’s Stock Market”

The performance of Pakistani stock market has been exceptional in the last year. Improvement in security situation and the launch of development projects under...

Issue Brief on “Afghanistan: The Growing influence of the Taliban”

Despite 15 years of international presence in Afghanistan and the US claims of achieving progress and development, 'Afghanistan is worse off today than it...

Issue Brief on “Growing US-India Military Collaboration”

For over a decade now, the US has been investing in a long-term strategic partnership with India. In March 2016, the US Congress approved...

Issue Brief on “Sabotaging the CPEC”

Introduction The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a multi-billion national project of China and Pakistan aimed at transforming the economy of the country and the...

Issue Brief on “Rising Indian Transgression on Line of Control and Working Boundary”

Seven Pakistani soldiers were martyred on November 13, 2016 as a result of India's deadliest provocation along the Line of Control (LoC) in the...

Issue Brief on “Rise of the Daesh in India”

Concerning the rise of Daesh in India, this is what the Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had to say in a statement in December...

Issue Brief on “The China-Philippines Ties After the Hague’s Verdict”

Introduction China's has thorny ties with some of its East Asian neighbours because of the overlapping historical claims over a number of islands in the...

Issue Brief on “Lobbying for Kashmir”

On August 16, 2016, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed twenty two parliamentarians as 'emissaries' to lobby for the Kashmir cause globally and highlight the...

Issue Brief on “Putting a Damper on Indian Attempts to Isolate Pakistan”

“We will isolate you. I will work for that.” This is what Indian Prime Minister Modi stated in his first speech post the Uri attack...

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