Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Seminar Report on “Understanding Strategic Coercion in the Realm of Gray Hybrid Conflict: Implications...

CONCEPT NOTE OF THE SEMINAR Under the shadow of nuclear weapons and the role of non-state actors, international conflict in the twenty-first century has assumed...

Issue Brief on “FATF’s Aggressive Campaign Against Pakistan”

Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the regime to control terror financing and money laundering has put Pakistan on its 'grey list' since June 2018...

Issue Brief on “Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan: A Review of “Ehsaas” Program”

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government in its election manifesto and 100 Days Agenda envisioned formation of a welfare state. Following up on the agenda, Prime Minister...

Report – Public Talk on “Resolving Pakistan’s Energy Dilemma: Critical Starting Point and Role...

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organized a Public Talk titled, "Resolving Pakistan's Energy Dilemma: Critical Staring Point and Role of CPEC" on...

Report – In-House Meeting with Delegation from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an In-House meeting with a delegation from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SAAS) on April 17, 2019....

Report – Roundtable on “Role of Pakistani Diaspora”

Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organized a roundtable on “Role of Pakistani Diaspora" on April 23, 2019. Mr. Irfan Murtaza, a prominent Pakistani...

Iran: A Modern History. Abbas Amanat. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2017,...

Iran: A Modern History Abbas Amanat’s is not a traditional account of the Iranian history; rather it is an entirely unconventional discourse on history...

All the Kremlin’s Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin. Zygar Mikhail. New York:...

The former editor of the Russian independent media outlet Dozhd, Mikhail Zygar, explores various dimensions of Russia’s internal politics. His gripping narrative provides an...

Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017. Ian Black. New...

November 2017, marked a century of the Balfour Declaration which promised the “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. In the book, Enemies...

Countering Terrorism. Martha Crenshaw and Gary LaFree. Washington D.C: Brookings Institution Press, 2017, 288.

The two prominent scholars in the field of terrorism studies, Martha Crenshaw and Gary LaFree have tried to argue in their book Countering Terrorism...

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