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Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s SCO Landscape of 2024 : Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities”

The year 2024 marks achievement of significant milestones in case of Pakistan’s role in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). Pakistan successfully hosted the 23rd...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 44, Summer 2024, No. 1)

  Articles From Traditional to Humane Security Challenges — Analysing Pakistan’s Response to the Poly Crisis of Covid 19 Salma Malik Chosenness-Myth-Trauma Syndrome and Hindutva’s Othering of Minorities...

Issue Brief on “Pakistan Hosts 2024 SCO Summit: Strategic Opportunity or a Diplomatic Challenge”

On October 15-16, 2024, Pakistan will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. Hosting this summit implies Pakistan’s growing significance in regional dynamics as...

Issue Brief on “COP29: A Critical Milestone in Global Climate Action”

The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, 2024, represented a pivotal moment in the...

Issue Brief on “Balancing the Scales: Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy in the Face of India’s...

India’s critical military modernization and its position as a leading arms importer have introduced significant implications for regional stability, and this growing conventional asymmetry...

Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Energy Crisis: Challenges and Path Forward”

Introduction: Understanding the Current Energy Landscape Pakistan is grappling with a multifaceted energy crisis, compounded by political instability and economic stagnation. The country’s power...

Issue Brief on “Refocusing Priorities: The World Bank’s Commitment to Human Development and Climate...

Introduction In the wake of multiple challenges in the country, the World Bank has declared a change in its development strategy. Conventionally focused on infrastructure...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 43, Winter 2023, No. 2)

  Articles   Gwadar: China’s Future Gateway to the Middle East Ishtiaq Ahmad Sino-U.S. Strategic Competition in the Asia-Pacific: Omnidirectional Hedging of Traditional Middle Powers Maheera Munir and Aiysha Safdar Media...

Report – Roundtable “75 Years of Tyranny- The Case of Indian Occupied Kashmir”

To commemorate the illegal and forceful occupation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir by India in 1947, the India Study Centre (ISC) at...

Summary Report “Bilateral Dialogue between ISSI & IPIS”

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) and the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Iran held their annual dialogue on bilateral and...

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