Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

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....

Issue Brief on “Modi’s China Visit: Has the Ice Melted?”

Following a particularly troubling time in the bilateral relationship between India and China, Prime Minister Modi’s “ice-breaking” and much anticipated trip to China on...

Issue Brief on “The Escalating Crisis in Syria”

On April 14, in a move likely to only contribute to an already volatile situation, the United States and its British and French allies...

Issue Brief on “Water Crisis in Cape Town: Bracing for ‘Day Zero'”

Cape Town in South Africa is currently facing worst ever drought in its history. Citizens have been asked to save water as much as...

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