Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “UN Counter-Terrorism Initiatives: A New Resolve”

In order to strengthen the efforts against combating and countering terrorism, the United Nations adopted a Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy in September 2006, which came...

Issue Brief on “Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation Deal 2017: Raising Hopes”

The rival Palestinian political parties, Hamas and Fatah,  signed a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017 as part of an effort to...

Issue Brief on “The AfD’s Parliamentary Debut: A Reconfiguration of Politics in Germany”

On September 24, 2017, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Germany celebrated its success, having secured 13% of the vote marking the entry of the...

Issue Brief on “Breaking Through with Kabul with Cautious Optimism”

Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been on a downward trajectory since 2015, particularly after the collapse of the Murree peace talks following the...

Issue Brief on “India’s ‘Connect Central Asia’ Policy”

Relations between India and Central Asia  are historic in nature. Both India and Central Asia shared deep cultural, and economic links from ancient times....

Issue Brief on “Analysing US Objections to CPEC”

For more than two years, the United States, which takes a position on every matter in international politics, was conspicuous by its silence on...

The Fix: How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline, Jonathan Tepperman...

The world is empowered with gloom due to certain alarming trends. Both the global and national problems seem insurmountable since bad information is processed...

Stigmatised from 9/11 to Trump and Beyond: A American Muslim Journey, Reza Mansoor (Create...

The writer in the book describes lives of the ordinary American Muslims in the US after the September 11 attack on the World Trade...

India Pakistan Nuclear Diplomacy: Constructivism and the Prospects for Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament...

In recent years, the traditional hostility between the two South Asian nuclear neighbours, Pakistan and India, has increased tremendously. Aimed at their deep-rooted territorial...

The New Great Game: China and South and Central Asia in the Era of...

There are numbers of volumes on the ‘Great Game’ in Central Asia highlighting the dominant role of certain powers. The rising China attracts the...

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