Issue Brief on “North Korea’s Nuclear Programme and Ballistic Missile Capabilities: An Assessment”
Following its last nuclear tests in 2016, North Korea has since carried out a string of ground and air launch tests of new rocket...
Issue Brief on “Gaza’s Environmental Challenge”
The Gaza Strip has been a theatre of conflict for the past many decades. Gaza is a narrow self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern...
Issue Brief on “NATO and the US”
Post the events of September 11, 2001 and the US invasion of Afghanistan, NATO has been an integral part of the US national security...
Issue Brief on “Fallout of Trump’s Withdrawal from Paris Climate Change Agreement”
President Donald Trump announced on June 1, 2017, that he will withdraw the United States (US) from the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change...
Issue Brief on “Qatar-Gulf Rift: Going Beyond a War of Words”
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates broke off relations with Qatar on June 5, 2017 in what is being seen as...
Issue Brief on “China Set to Lead Fight Against Climate Change”
President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement has received strong criticism both at home and abroad. The move which has made United...
Issue Brief on “Libyan Civil War: A Growing Inferno”
More than six years after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown, chaos still reigns in Libya. Fighting erupted between rival militias in Tripoli in the last...
Issue Brief on “US-Saudi Arabia Ties: A New Realignment Under Trump”
Saudi Arabia became the first foreign country to be visited by the new US President Donald Trump as he landed in the country on...
Issue Brief on “FATA: A Situational Analysis”
With the exception of the Mohmand agency, the overall security situation in FATA in 2016 witnessed a drastic improvement according to a report recently...
Issue Brief on “Diamer-Bhasha Dam Gets a New Revival”
On May 13, 2017, China and Pakistan signed a US$50 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and complete the North Indus River Cascade...
