Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

The Connect Asia-Pacific Summit

In socio-economic development, digitization’s role is critical Pakistan is on an extensive shuttle diplomacy. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended the Commonwealth moot in the Sri...

The regional flux

Why are we sitting it out? The region around Pakistan, extending from South Asia to West Asia and the Arab world is in a...

The Beijing-New Delhi Ties

Consolidating the existing relationship To maintain a durable peace in Asia-Pacific, Sino-Indian normalcy must be maintained and sustained. Both countries have serious territorial disputes since...

Dancing with the wolves

Is failure of the talks a foregone conclusion? Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has once again asked the Pakistani Taliban to become part of the...

Pakistan-Iran relations II

The socio-religious dimension To be fair to history, the entire credit for the initiation of the religious divide in Pakistan cannot be given...

A Test for Nawaz Sharif

His US visit will set the tone for Pakistan-US relations Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is on a visit to the United States at a time...

Nawaz’s second US trip

A futile agenda? In what is clearly a preemptive move to set the tone of discussions with PM Nawaz Sharif during his visit to the...

Pakistan-Iran relations

The socio-religious dimension The reason for my harping on the pressing need for improvement of Pakistan’s relations with Iran goes beyond political and economic interests...

Region of constant turmoil

It seems that secular nationalism is fast evaporating from the deserts of the Middle East. Along with that, the moderate middle is also shrinking...

Road to Tehran

It is not important from where you start to reach out to the ‘enemy’ other, from Tehran or Washington. What is important is the...

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