Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Syrian Golan Heights: A Politcal Chimera”

“President Trump has just made history...he did it again.”, declared a buoyant Israeli Prime Minister on March 21 after the United States’ President, Donald...

Issue Brief on “Moscow and the Afghan Peace Process”

Moscow once again brought the Afghan Taliban and leading Afghan political figures on the same table to negotiate about the future of Afghanistan in...

Issue Brief on “Elections in India 2019: Manifestos and Themes”

India - which prides itself as the world's largest democracy is currently in the middle of its 17th Lok Sabha elections. Spanning over a...

Issue Brief on “Refugees, Migrants and Islamophobia”

In a briefing to the UN Security Council in April 2019, Mr. Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has expressed his disillusionment...

Issue Brief on “FATF’s Aggressive Campaign Against Pakistan”

Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the regime to control terror financing and money laundering has put Pakistan on its 'grey list' since June 2018...

Issue Brief on “Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan: A Review of “Ehsaas” Program”

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government in its election manifesto and 100 Days Agenda envisioned formation of a welfare state. Following up on the agenda, Prime Minister...

Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Economic Outreach to Africa: Mapping Potential Products”

In short to medium term, Pakistan needs to identify new markets for its exports, and in this regard African continent hosting more than 1.2...

Issue Brief on “Recent Threats to Strategic Stability in South Asia”

A number of developments have taken place recently in South Asia which further threaten the strategic stability of the region. The most recent development...

Issue Brief on “UK’S New Immigration Bill: Clamping Down on Migrants”

On January 28, 2019, the British parliament voted in favor of the government’s proposed The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19....

Issue Brief on “Crisis in Yemen: An Assessment”

After four years of war in Yemen, the belligerent parties; Yemen government and Houthi Militias have agreed to a new ceasefire deal in February 2019. Previously,...

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