Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Indo-Pak Nascent Rapprochement: A Preliminary Assessment”

The Indo-Pak relationship is unique due to peculiar nature. There have been a few neighbours in the world who share mutual history and still maintain fierce...

Issue Brief on “India – A Democracy in Peril”

The pandemic has changed the world: both for better and worse. However, in case of democratic values the world has witnessed decline during the...

Issue Brief on “India is uncomfortable with Imran Khan’s visit to Sri Lanka”

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan undertook a two-day official visit to Sri Lanka, on the invitation of his Sri Lankan counterpart, Mahinda Rajapaksa, on 23-24 February,...

Issue Brief on “Elusive Peace: One year of the US-Taliban Peace Agreement”

The end of February 2021 marked one year of the US-Taliban peace agreement signed in February 2020 in Doha. This was the most recent major attempt...

Issue Brief on “Russia and The Afghan Peace Process “

"The United States, not the Taliban, breaching the Afghan peace deal." This was stated by Russia's Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan Ambassador Zamir Kabulov on February 17, 2021....

Issue Brief on “Iran’s Covid-19 Vaccine: Hope Amid Controversy”

In December 2020, Iran announced that it has made not one but two home-grown COVID-19 vaccines. Iran's efforts to find a preventive treatment for the pandemic...

Issue Brief on “New Start: Extension and Beyond”

Moscow and Washington agreed to extend the 2010 bilateral arms control treaty, New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) on January 26, 2021 for...

Issue Brief on “New Team in The White House – Implication for Pakistan”

There is a new team in the White House and President Biden's selection of the members of his cabinet will wield considerable influence over...

Issue Brief on “Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises (SOES) and its Implications for Pakistan”

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) caused a colossal loss of Rs. 692 billion since 2017 to the national exchequer due to lack of reforms in these enterprises along...

Issue Brief on “Engaging Africa: Growing Diplomatic Ties between Pakistan and Djibouti”

In a meeting with a 12-member parliamentary delegation of the African Union (AU) in Islamabad on December 30, 2020, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced that Pakistan is...

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