Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Pakistan-China Trade: Steps to Tackle Under-Invoicing”

Bilateral trade between China and Pakistan is highly skewed in favour of China. Most of the difference is due to greater demand of Chinese...

Issue Brief on “African Union’s Agenda 2063: A Blueprint for Rising Africa”

The formation of African Union (AU) signifies the willingness on the part of each and every nation on the African continent to collectively perform...

Issue Brief on “US Withdrawal from JCPOA: Impacts for Iran and the P5”

“Pakistan believes that International treaties and agreements concluded through painstaking negotiations are sacrosanct,” emphasized a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following US...

Issue Brief on “Yemen-UAE: Sparring Over Socotra”

Yemen is immersed in yet another conflict – this time centered around the island of Socotra. The most recent power struggle is in between...

Issue Brief on “Cross border terrorism in Central Asia: Lessons for SCO”

Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) members are seriously concerned over the emergence of the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria...

Issue Brief on “Syrian Crisis and The Ineffectiveness of the UN”

Since the start of the conflict in Syria in 2011, the international community, as well as the United Nations has time and again expressed...

Issue Brief on “Germany: Between Two Competing Narratives”

Angela Merkel has categorically ruled out German involvement in any retaliatory military attack on Syria. Merkel said that “Germany will not be militarily involved” contrary...

Issue Brief on “The Upcoming Trump-Kim Summit: What to Expect?”

After more than a year  of heightened tensions between the US and North Korea whereby  the leaders of the two countries exchanged heated threats...

Issue Brief on “Iran Versus Israel: The Shadow War in Syria”

What started out as the Syrian civil war has fast become the Syrian war and the Tiyas Military Airbase or T-4 as it's known...

Issue Brief on “XI-Modi Meeting: Putting Differences Aside to Attain Common Goals”

Chinese President Xi Jinping received Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an informal summit in Hubei province in the last week of April 2018....

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