Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Growing US-India Military Collaboration”

For over a decade now, the US has been investing in a long-term strategic partnership with India. In March 2016, the US Congress approved...

Issue Brief on “Sabotaging the CPEC”

Introduction The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a multi-billion national project of China and Pakistan aimed at transforming the economy of the country and the...

Report-In-House Meeting with South Korean Delegation

A four-member South Korean Delegation visited the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI) on November 17, 2016. The delegation was led by president of the...

Book Launch – Indian Unsafeguarded Nuclear Program: An Assessment

The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI) launched a book titled "Indian Unsafeguarded Nuclear Program: An Assessment," authored by three Visiting Research Fellows at...

Issue Brief on “Rising Indian Transgression on Line of Control and Working Boundary”

Seven Pakistani soldiers were martyred on November 13, 2016 as a result of India's deadliest provocation along the Line of Control (LoC) in the...

Issue Brief on “Rise of the Daesh in India”

Concerning the rise of Daesh in India, this is what the Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had to say in a statement in December...

Issue Brief on “Yemen: The Escalating War”

Recently, the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Houthis took a very dangerous turn when the Houthi rebels launched a long range ballistic missile over...

Issue brief on “Pakistan’s Opposition to the Creation of New Permanent Seats at UNSC”

Pakistan on Monday, November 7, 2016 strongly opposed the creation of new permanent seats at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The opposition came during...

Issue Brief on “The China-Philippines Ties After the Hague’s Verdict”

Introduction China's has thorny ties with some of its East Asian neighbours because of the overlapping historical claims over a number of islands in the...

Issue Brief on “Lobbying for Kashmir”

On August 16, 2016, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed twenty two parliamentarians as 'emissaries' to lobby for the Kashmir cause globally and highlight the...

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