Issue Brief on “Growing Strategic Cooperation between India and Vietnam”
Reputed Vietnamese daily Hanoi Times reported on September 23, 2017 that two Indian Naval Ships INS SATPURA and INS KADMATT made a port call...
Issue Brief on “King’s Salman’s Visit to Moscow: A New Rapprochement in the Making”
A bit of history was made this week, when King Salman arrived in Moscow on a four-day visit from October 4-7, 2017. This was...
Issue Brief on “Anti-Russian Sanctions: Emerging Rift between Europe and the US”
Russia is a key player in the Eurasian continent due to its enormous potential in petroleum industry: it is one of the largest oil...
Issue Brief on “Kurdish Referendum 2017: A Threat to Regional Stability?”
On Monday October 2, 2017, a dozen Iranian artillery tanks rolled out to the Parviz Khan Border point between Iran and the Iraqi Kurdistan...
Issue Brief on “Boosting Pakistan’s Exports: What Needs to Be Done”
Major Exports and Destinations
Official figures from the 2017 Economic Survey of Pakistan, published by the Ministry of Finance show that between July 2016...
Issue Brief on “European Union: Shaping of a Common Security and Defence Policy Reasserted”
In a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron on September 7, 2017, German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to pursue a closer co-operation...
Issue Brief on “China-Japan: Towards Normalisation”
The diplomatic ties between China and Japan, the two powerful economic nations in East Asia, have recently began moving towards a positive diplomatic trajectory...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan-Russia Military Drills – A New Equation to Counter Terrorism”
On September 25, 2017, the Pakistani and Russian Special Forces joined hands for a Joint Military exercise in Minralney Vody, Russia.
Code-named DRUBZA-2017, the joint...
Issue Brief on “New UNHCR Report: Refugee Education in Crisis”
The plight of refugees in any part of the world hardly comes as a surprise, with health and education being the primary areas of...
Issue Brief on “On Campus Extremists”
The failed attempt to kill an important MQM leader in Karachi on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, September 2, 2017, attracted much media attention partly...
