Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Xi Jinping: The Governance of China. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2014. Pp. 515. (Book...

China is fast emerging as a super power and the world’s largest economy, and according to some criteria it has even surpassed the US....

The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia’s New Geopolitics. Andrew Small. London: Hurst & Company, 2015. Pp....

As the US pivots towards the Asia-Pacific, China, its principal nemesis in the game of contemporary internationals geopolitics, has focused its attention towards South,...

88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary. Robert L. Grenier. New York: Simon &...

Secret meetings at midnight, discreet whisperings in the aircraft cabins, juggling with colleagues, co-opting moles, roof-top encrypted satellite conversations, clandestine reporting from recruits, exciting...

Friendly Exchanges and People-to-People Contact Between Pakistan and India: Imperatives and Impediments (Article)

Abstract: In recognition of the crucial role of people-to-people contact through friendly exchanges and cultural relations for the promotion of peace and normalisation, Pakistan and...

Policy Reforms, Politics and Economics: A Focus on Pakistan’s Burgeoning Fiscal Deficit and Dependence...

Abstract: The intricate nature of the political infrastructure determines the relationship between states and markets whether it is in a form of a centralised state,...

India’s Defence Spending Trends From 2004-2014: A Status Without Human Development (Article)

Abstract: India’s aspiration to become a major power through military dominance and arms competition has been threatening regional peace and cooperation. Such hegemonic designs are...

Emerging Security Trends and Legitimacy of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime (Article)

Abstract: The contemporary emerging security trends seem destined to marginalising the potential and legitimacy of the nuclear non-proliferation regime. The transformation in the international settings...

President Obama’s Legacy: An Academic’s Perspective (Article)

Abstract: In his second and last presidency, US President Barack Obama, conscious of his lasting legacy, has taken some bold and unprecedented foreign policy decisions....

Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations: Post 2014 Challenges (Article)

Abstract: With the war in Afghanistan spanning over 13 years coming to an inconclusive end, the three multiple transition processes (security, political and economic) have...

Counter Terrorism

The terror attack in Paris has once again highlighted the heated debates on the activities of ISIS and Islamophobia prevalent in Europe and elsewhere...

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