Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Punishing Terrorists: Military Courts and Public Opinion in Pakistan

Abstract Terrorism is one of the menaces that inflicted huge human losses to the state and society of Pakistan. On December 16, 2014, the brazen...

Ecotourism for Sustainable Development in Gilgit-Baltistan: Prospects under CPEC

Abstract Ecotourism is an instrument for protecting the natural landscape along with improving the livelihood of the rural communities. It helps minimise the negative impacts...

Central and South Asian Energy Projects: Prospects and Challenges for Pakistan

Abstract After the 2013 elections, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) stepped up its efforts to combat the energy crisis, persisting in the country. Due to...

Belt and Road Initiative and China’s Strategic Culture

Abstract China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) does not hinge on economy alone but it has strategic underpinnings and implications also. The role of Chinese...

Afghanistan in the Snare of External Power Struggle

Abstract The new Afghanistan policy of the US President, Donald Trump, has once again manifested the problems of country for all domestic, regional and international...

Security Sector Reforms in Pakistan: Significance, Challenges and Impediments

Abstract Since 9/11 and the consequent US-led military action in Afghanistan, the Pakistani military has been deployed in the north-western areas to crush militant insurgency...

Maritime Security in East and Southeast Asia — Political Challenges in Asian Waters. Tarling,...

“Maritime Security in East and Southeast Asia - Political Challenges in Asian Waters” is an edited book by Nicholas Tarling and Xin Chen, published...

How India Sees the World. Saran, Shyam. India: Juggernaut Books, 2017.

Shyam Saran’s book How India Sees the World attempts to explain the Indian foreign policy outlook, the sources of its foreign policy and how...

Saudi Arabia & Iran: Friends or Foes. Kaynoush, Banafsheh. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016,...

The US influence on the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran plays a role so inherent that it becomes impossible to analyze their ties...

Rivers Divided-Indus Basin Waters in the Making of India and Pakistan. Haines, Daniel. Oxford...

“Rivers Divided-Indus Basin Waters in the Making of India and Pakistan” by Daniel Haines is an historic account of water politics in South Asia....

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