Issue Brief on “Pakistan-GCC Economic Partnership: Bridging Nations through Free Trade”
On September 28, 2023, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) initialised a preliminary free trade agreement (FTA) with Pakistan. Forged by years of a close...
Issue Brief on “The Global Hunger Index 2022: Pakistan’s Persistent Hunger Crisis”
Pakistan has been ranked 99th out of 126 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) report released in July 2023. The report reveals that...
Issue Brief on “Nuclear Energy in Pakistan: Prospects and Challenges”
Two critical events have brought into focus the need for clean and green energy sources. The first is the Ukraine conflict and the energy...
Issue Brief on “India-US Military Agreement: BECA and its Implications for the Region”
The signing of Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) between India and United States marks the completion of the troika of “foundational pacts” for...
Issue Brief on “China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI): An Explainer”
On February 21, 2023, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) published a comprehensive concept paper entitled, The Global Security Initiative (GSI). Earlier, the...
Issue Brief on “South Africa’s Case against Israel at the ICJ”
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held a two-day session on January 11-12, 2024, in The Hague, as South Africa filed a petition against...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Nuclear Security: A Journey of Excellence”
In July 2023, the Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) released its nuclear security index that evaluated the status of global nuclear security. It ranked...
Issue Brief on “The Rising E-Commerce Industry of Pakistan: An Appraisal”
E-commerce is expanding rapidly in Pakistan, and it is becoming a major trend among the people who use the internet. The trend is increasing...
Issue Brief on “BRICS and Pakistan – Assessing Opportunities & Challenges”
In the age of intensifying bloc politics and increasing fluidity in contemporary international affairs, the XV BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, held on August 22-24,...
Issue Brief on “Two Years of Tyranny: Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir after...
On August 5, 2019, the Republic of
India under the right-wing Hindutva-driven premiership of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi revoked the Articles 370 and 35A of the...
