Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

US-China Trade War and Implications for BRI

Abstract Despite the fact that the United States (US) and China have been vehemently opposing each other over the past few decades, they have had...

EU-Pakistan Trade Relations: The Role of GSP Plus Status and Pakistan’s Enhanced Access to...

Abstract The Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) Plus is an instrument through which the European Union (EU) intends to encourage not only free trade with...

Missile Race in South Asia: Security Challenges for Pakistan in the 21st Century

Abstract The article assesses the nature of missile competition between India and Pakistan and how it impacts deterrence and strategic stability in South Asia. It...

Legitimacy of Kashmir’s Liberation Struggle: Right to Self-Determination Under International Law

Abstract This article discusses Kashmiris’ right to self-determination under International Human Rights Law. It highlights Kashmiris’ entitlement to self-determination while they reside in the disputed...

Debt Servicing of Pakistan: Capitalising on Chinese Investment

Abstract Pakistan has several times turned to external sources for development and economic restructuring purposes. The amount of debt Pakistan has accumulated over the years...

Strategic Human Resource Development: Investing in Balochistan’s Blue Economy

Abstract Human resource development falls under a state’s primary responsibilities. Educated and skilled human resources are not only an asset but also a prerequisite to...

Reconciliation and Social Healing, Heela Najibullah, Springer, 2017, 232.

The book, Reconciliation and Social Healing, by Heela Najibullah is an analysis of past-Afghan reconciliation processes namely those in 1986 and 2010 but with...

The Future is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, Masha Gessen, New York: Riverhead Books,...

In the West, Russia has always been a topic of intense debate but Putin’s leadership raised more questions all across the western capitals. In presidency, his apparent...

Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, 40-year Rivalry that Unraveled Culture, Religion, Collective Memory in...

The Dutch-Lebanese journalist turned author Kim Ghattas poses a crucial question in this book that has befuddled Middle Eastern experts and writers for ages;...

Pakistan Under Siege, Afzal, Madiha. Penguin India Press: 2018, 192.

The author, Madiha Afzal, a US-based scholar, explains the structural roots of extremism in Pakistan by focusing on the dimensions law, education and Islamism....

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