Issue Brief on “Pakistan Hosts 2024 SCO Summit: Strategic Opportunity or a Diplomatic Challenge”
On October 15-16, 2024, Pakistan will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit. Hosting this summit implies Pakistan’s growing significance in regional dynamics as...
Issue Brief on “Population Control and Youth Bulge”
In 2023, Pakistan's population surpassed an astonishing 240 million and is anticipated to further climb to 245 million by July 2024, as per UN...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Rising Population Crisis”
Introduction
Population growth has always been a central point of concern for many. While many believe that the high population is an asset for Pakistan,...
Issue Brief on “Rising Sea Level Threatens Pakistan’s Blue Economy”
Pakistan faces various climate change threats with its coastal region being the most vulnerable area in the country. Pakistan is constantly ranked among the...
Issue Brief on “Weaponizing Water: India’s Abeyance of the Indus Waters Treaty and Its...
Introduction;
On 23rd April 2025, India unilaterally announced holding the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, stating that the treaty would remain in abeyance until...
Issue Brief on “Commissioning of INS-Arighat: India’s Growing Undersea Nuclear Capabilities and its Implications...
India’s modernization of its undersea nuclear capabilities is shifting the South Asian arms race to the sea, underscored by the recent commission of its...
Issue Brief on “The Intensifying Pursuit of Anti-Satellite Capabilities: Assessing the Gaps in International...
Exerting greater influence and establishing dominancy is the inherited self-centered nature of the state which often indulges states in maximizing their capabilities. This lust...
Issue Brief on “RSS 100 Years: Its Socio-Political Impacts, Achievements, and Future Objectives”
Introduction
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has completed its 100 years on 27 September 2025. Founded by Keshav Baliram Hegdewar in 1925, the RSS aims...
Issue Brief on “Iran’s Foreign Policy Under Pressure: A Snapshot of Current Dynamics and...
Iran’s foreign policy at the beginning of 2026 remains centred on one primary goal. That goal is safeguarding the security, sovereignty, and independence of...
Issue Brief on “To balance or not? Maldives Tough Choice Between India and China”
Introduction
As global focus shifts from continental to maritime dominance, reflected in the evolution from Mackinder’s Heartland Theory to Spykman’s Rimland Theory, small island nations...
