Issue Brief on “Gwadar and Hambantota under BRI”
The economic and strategic investment by China under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is credited as the country’s greatest international economic ambition catering...
Issue Brief on “Climate Change and Its Impact on Pakistan’s Agricultural Sector”
The issue of climate change has long been on the fringes of the global development agenda, yet it is only recently that it has...
Issue Brief on “Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century'”
After nearly a year of undertaking the complexities behind one of the world’s most “intractable disputes,” an American peace plan, also known as the...
Issue Brief on “The Iranian Nuclear Program – Going Back to Square One”
Tensions are still high between the United States and Iran, even forty years after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. As Iran continues to pursue its...
Issue Brief on “UNCTAD Investment Report 2018: Investment Trends”
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) publishes an annual World Investment Report alongside many other initiatives like the Investment Policy Framework...
Issue Brief on “US Mid-Term Elections 2018: The Race for Congress”
Mid-term elections in the United States are the general elections held in November every four years, near the midpoint of a president's four-year term...
Issue Brief on “Yemen: Saudi Coalition Struggles to Retake Hodeidah Port”
On July 21, 2018 the Yemeni government struggled to take back control of the Hodeidah port as the Saudi-led coalition had failed to occupy...
Issue Brief on “Syria-Operation Manbij: A Complex Decision for US and Turkey”
On June 4, 2018, after a month of long negotiations, Washington and Ankara finally agreed on an alliance over a military operation against the...
Issue Brief on “Crisis in the Maldives: The Beginning of an Indo-Chinese Chess Match”
Maldives has been thrust into a major political crisis on February 2, after the Supreme Court in a surprise development ordered the government to...
Issue Brief on “Sushma Swaraj’s Visit to Kathmandu: Renewed Hopes of Cementing New Alliances”
Indian Minister for External Affair Sushma Swaraj’s paid an unexpected visit to Kathmandu from February 1-2, 2018. Swaraj’s visit took place at a time...
