Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Islamabad Paper “Demographic Engineering: A Case Study of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir”

Abstract The ill-fated day of August 5, 2019, saw the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoking Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which...

Issue Brief on “Trump 2.0: What to Expect on the Nuclear Horizon?”

With Donald Trump’s re-election as the U.S. President, several foreign policy and nuclear policy questions are looming large. Trump’s second term may bring many...

Issue Brief on “Ankara Declaration: Role of Turkiye in Africa”

Marking a significant transformation in East Africa's geopolitical dynamics, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali President...

Issue Brief on “New Alliances in Defence and the Future of Strategic Stability”

Formal agreements between states to cooperate in the military domain have existed since the dawn of the century and have been a recurring feature...

Issue Brief on “Discriminatory U.S. Sanctions and Fallacious Assertions on Pakistan’s Missile Programme –...

On December 18, 2024, the U.S. imposed sanctions on four Pakistani entities. The statement issued by the U.S. Department of State alleged that these...

Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Role in the Multilateral Industrial Policy Forum: Advancing Sustainable Industrialization”

Background The Multilateral Industrial Policy Forum (MIPF) was established by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in 2021 in response to calls from Member...

Issue Brief on “A Look at the Key Outcomes of COP29”

Conference of Parties (COP29), hosted by Azerbaijan in Baku from November 11 to 22, 2024, convened over 65,000 world leaders, policymakers, business executives, and...

Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s National Climate Finance Strategy: A New Framework for Climate Resilience”

On November 14, 2024, Pakistan unveiled its first-ever National Climate Finance Strategy (NCFS) at the Pakistan Pavilion during Conference of the Parties (COP) 29...

Issue Brief on “Balancing the Scales: Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy in the Face of India’s...

India’s critical military modernization and its position as a leading arms importer have introduced significant implications for regional stability, and this growing conventional asymmetry...

Issue Brief on “Refocusing Priorities: The World Bank’s Commitment to Human Development and Climate...

Introduction In the wake of multiple challenges in the country, the World Bank has declared a change in its development strategy. Conventionally focused on infrastructure...

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