Issue Brief on “India-Bangladesh Loan Deal”
On October 4, 2017, Bangladesh and India signed a line of credit (LoC) agreement worth $4.5 billion. The deal had already been announced several...
Issue Brief on “An Overview of the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist...
China is the great hope for the world. It is the largest populated country with huge intake of world's Gross Domestic Product of over...
Issue Brief on “CPEC: FAST TRACKING WORK ON SEZS “
With energy and infrastructure projects nearing completion, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has now entered into the second phase where industrial development would take...
Issue Brief on “The Politics of Saudi Missile Defence Deals”
On October 5, 2017, Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the purchase of S-400 air defense systems from Russia. The MoU...
Issue Brief on “UN Counter-Terrorism Initiatives: A New Resolve”
In order to strengthen the efforts against combating and countering terrorism, the United Nations adopted a Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in September 2006, which came...
Issue Brief on “Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Deal 2017: Raising Hopes”
The rival Palestinian political parties, Hamas and Fatah, signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017 as part of an effort to...
Issue Brief on “The AfD’s Parliamentary Debut: A Reconfiguration of Politics in Germany”
On September 24, 2017, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Germany celebrated its success, having secured 13% of the vote marking the entry of the...
Issue Brief on “Breaking Through with Kabul with Cautious Optimism”
Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been on a downward trajectory since 2015, particularly after the collapse of the Murree peace talks following the...
Issue Brief on “India’s ‘Connect Central Asia’ Policy”
Relations between India and Central Asia are historic in nature. Both India and Central Asia shared deep cultural, and economic links from ancient times....
Issue Brief on “Analysing US Objections to CPEC”
For more than two years, the United States, which takes a position on every matter in international politics, was conspicuous by its silence on...
