Issue Brief on “Hambantota Port Deal: On the Chessboard of Regional Power Politics”
The Chinese Hambantota Port Deal with Sri Lanka indicates its growing economic and political clout in South Asia. In comparison with India, China has...
Issue Brief on “How Mounting Fiscal Deficit is Hampering Pakistan’s Economic Growth”
The problem of Fiscal Deficit is one of the major causes for the stunting of economic growth in many developing countries around the world....
Issue Brief on “Sunnat-e-Khola, or The Way of Khola”
In a clear attempt to re-establish their hold, broaden its reach and woo females to join the group, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), published Sunnat-e-Khola,...
Issue Brief on “US Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change Agreement: Consequences and Outcomes”
The Paris agreement is an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and...
Issue Brief on “New UN Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Prospects of Nuclear...
Since the advent of nuclear weapons technology, the international community has made several attempts to control its spread and pursued the broader objectives of...
Issue Brief on “The Qatar-Gulf Rift: Impacts on the Migrant Community”
In June 2017, several countries, spearheaded by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic ties and cut off sea and...
Issue Brief on “Iran-North Korea Relations: Friends in Isolation?”
A recent visit of a high-level North Korean delegation to Iran for attending President Hassan Rouhani’s swearing-in ceremony has raised many eyebrows in the...
Issue Brief on “The Sino-Indian Stand-off: A Novel Solution”
Introduction
China and India over the past seven decades to the present day have had intricate ties with the sole exception of the small episode...
Issue Brief on “Trump’s new strategy for Afghanistan and South Asia: A recipe for...
"We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe-havens for terrorist organizations, the Taliban and other groups that pose a threat to the region...
Issue Brief on “Societal Change in Saudi Arabia: Changing the Norms”
On May 4, 2017 King Salman of Saudi Arabia passed a decree to repeal the male guardianship system in the country. According to MahaAkee...
