Issue Brief on “Japan-Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement: Extended Network in the Indo-Pacific”
On January 6, Australia and Japan signed bilateral defense and security agreement, termed as “Japan-Australia Reciprocal Access Agreement” (JA-RAA) that grants reciprocal access between...
Issue Brief on “India and the proposed SAARC Summit in Islamabad”
On the 6th
of January 2022, Arindam Bagchi, the official spokesperson for the Indian
Ministry of External Affairs, dismissed the Pakistani offer to host the 19th
South...
Issue Brief on “President Putin’s Visit to India – Key Takeaways”
On December 06,
2021, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin paid an official visit
to India
for the 21st leg of India-Russia summit, amid increasing Indo-US...
Issue Brief on “Russian ASAT Test Heralds Hastening Arms Race in Outer Space”
Russia conducted an Anti-Satellite Test (ASAT) on November 15, 2021. Russia destroyed one of its inactive satellites the KOSMOS-1408 around 500 km above the...
Issue Brief on “The Growing Water Scarcity Issue in Pakistan”
Water scarcity is the foremost critical issue that Pakistan faces today. The country is the most water-stressed among the South Asian countries and will...
Issue Brief on “Indian Deployment of S-400 Systems in the western state of Punjab”
On December 21,
2021, the Russian and Indian news agencies announced that India deployed the
first battery of state-of-the-art S-400 Air Defence System (ADS) purchased from
Russia...
Issue Brief on “5th January 1949 – A Milestone in the Struggle for the...
The right to self-determination is an integral
part of the charter of the United Nations which came into force on October 24, 1945.
The Article 1(2)...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Policy Emphasis on Geo-economics”
By virtue of its geographical location, Pakistan holds geostrategic significance on the world map. The country possesses direct access to the warm waters of...
Issue Brief on “CPEC: 10th JCC and Future Outlook”
The 10th meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC), the apex decision-making body of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was held on 23rd September,...
Issue Brief on “The State of Air Pollution in Pakistan”
The air quality
in Pakistan’s major urban centers has considerably deteriorated over the past
five years. Lahore and other cities regularly feature in the list of...
