Issue Brief on “Health hazards caused by increasing air Pollution in Pakistan”
Background
The air quality in Pakistan’s major urban centres has considerably deteriorated over the past five years. Lahore and other cities regularly feature in the...
Issue Brief on “Citizenship Amendment Act: India’s Losing Grip on Secularism”
With the Lok Sabha elections in India drawing closer, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s political communication - which is largly focused on anti-Muslim rhetoric...
Issue Brief on “COP 28, Climate Change and Nuclear Energy”
Nuclear energy came into focus at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), held in UAE in December 2023, when 20 countries pledged to...
Issue Brief on “Food Security Challenges for Pakistan “
Globally, the
issue of food insecurity has taken the central stage of policymakers. Nearly a
billion people across the world experience the effects of food insecurity...
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 “Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons: Way to the Future or Path...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a revolutionary technology that is taking over everyday facets of life, from Chat GPT to healthcare, education, agriculture, social media,...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Space Policy: Tapping into the Space Potential”
On December 13, 2023, the caretaker federal cabinet approved Pakistan’s first space policy under which international companies would be allowed to provide communication services...
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 “India’s ‘Strategic Autonomy’: A Reality Check “
‘Strategic autonomy’ is defined as a state’s ability to independently make its decisions – especially in its foreign relations – and adopt the preferred...
Issue Brief on “LEMOA, COMCASA, and BECA in India’s Foreign Calculus”
Introduction
Apparently, the cornerstone of Indo-American relations is defence and strategic cooperation. It is interesting to note that defence cooperation was the first area where...
