Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

How to Deal Effectively with ISIS?

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, has become a threat to global peace. It launched a series of attacks in France on...

The Jammu and Kashmir Dispute: Where Do People of Jammu and Kashmir Stand?

On December 14, 2015 Indian External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj briefed the Indian Parliament about the outcome of her recent visit to Pakistan, during...

Pakistan-India Relations: Breaking the Logjam

Cooperation not confrontation was the key message of the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan,...

Afghanistan: Implications of the decisions at the Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference

The recently held ‘Heart of Asia’ ministerial conference, held in Islamabad on December 9, 2015, has been a welcoming development. President Ghani’s visit to...

Post-Paris Scenario in Europe

9/11 brought a new shift in international relations as terrorism was described as an existential threat to the world. President George W. Bush emphasized...

Pakistan: Misperceptions about Nuclear Stockpiles

Recently, Western and Indian analysts have widely publicized unsubstantiated assumptions that Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal is growing at a rapid pace, and that the country...

The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014. Carlotta Gall. Gurgaon: Penguin Books, 2014. Pp....

Even as America wraps up its ‘long war’ in Afghanistan, it has failed to completely wipe out the Al-Qaeda and other terrorist outfits operating...

Kashmir: New Voices, New Approaches. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, Bushra Asif and Cyrus Samii,...

The Jammu and Kashmir issue is a longstanding dispute that goes back to the time when India and Pakistan gained independence. Winnowing out the...

Pakistan: Terrorism Ground Zero. Rohan Gunaratna and Khuram Iqbal. London: Reaktion Books, 2010. Pp....

The book “Pakistan Terrorism Ground Zero” considers the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent relocation of Al-Qaeda to FATA as the square one...

Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century. Shashi Tharoor. New Delhi:...

Shashi Tharoor, a renowned Indian diplomat and politician wrote Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century to substantiate and elaborate the...

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