Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Report – Book Launch “Evolving Situation in Afghanistan: International and Regional Perspectives”

The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East and Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI) organized the launch of its second edited book,...

Issue Brief on “The Indian National Congress’ intra-party elections: The Roadmap to 2024 for...

According to the schedule determined by the Congress Working Committee, the Indian National Congress will be electing its new President by September 20th, 2022....

Russian South Asia Policy: From Estrangement to Pragmatism

Abstract This paper is an attempt to analyse the Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian policy responses towards the South Asia particularly India and Pakistan contextualising how...

Recognition of the Taliban Government in Afghanistan and International Community

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to study the responses and concerns of the international community vis-à-vis the Taliban government in Afghanistan as...

3-Cs of Cyberspace and Pakistan: Cyber Crime, Cyber Terrorism and Cyber Warfare

Abstract This qualitative exploratory and embedded case study deliberates the nature of 3-Cs of cyberspace ─ cybercrime, cyber terrorism, cyber warfare ─ against Pakistan....

99 Seconds to Midnight: A Case for Institutionalising Nuclear Risk Reduction Measures in South...

Abstract South Asian nuclear tests in summer of 1998, heralded a new chapter in the pervasive & deeply rooted sub-continental cold war, bringing forth the...

The Plebiscite Conundrum in Jammu and Kashmir (1947 to the Present Day)

Abstract Since 1947 the expectation that the fate of the disputed former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir would be decided by a plebiscite...

US Indo-Pacific Strategy and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: The Hedging Option

Abstract Pakistan finds itself at the horns of a strategic dilemma as the US-China rivalry intensifies in international politics. At the heart of the dilemma...

Issue Brief on “Enough of Economic Boom – Assessing Bangladesh’s Move toward IMF”

So far, Bangladesh has been viewed as an unheralded economic success story. However, on 22nd July 2022, one of its leading newspapers, The Daily...

Issue Brief on “The SCO Council of Foreign Ministers: Creating Opportunities for Regional Integration”

The SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) took place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on July 28-29, this year. The Foreign Ministers discussed the prospects of...

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