Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

India’s Development of Sea-based Nuclear Capabilities: Implications for Pakistan

Abstract India is rapidly building up its navy in order to develop blue-water capabilities and increase its prowess in the Indian Ocean and beyond, which...

US Withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Prospects for China

Abstract This paper attempts to analyse and describe the role played by a state in promoting economic growth by contrasting two classical schools of political...

US Security Strategy for Asia Pacific and India’s Role

Abstract Following a changeover in the US corridors of power after the election of Donald Trump as President of the US, America’s allies and...

Putting Pakistan Right: Standpoints on the War on Terror, Energy, Transit Corridors & Economic...

Pakistan has been confronting multifarious challenges during the past decade. Scholars have examined the ‘roots’ of Pakistan’s critical issues through a security-centric discourse, yet,...

State Capitalism: How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World. Kurlantzick, Joshua. New...

The term ‘State capitalism’ is a combination of the traditional economic planning of a state and ‘free-market’ competition, which includes openness to free trade...

The Ambiguous Foreign Policy of the United States toward the Muslim World: More than...

Undeniably, history of the Middle East consists of social upheavals, tribal tensions, diplomatic challenges, bloody wars and economic opportunities. Consequently, history of the Middle...

Islamabad and the Politics of International Development in Pakistan. Daechsel, Markus. United Kingdom: Cambridge...

  Markus Daechsel, in his book titled Islamabad and the Politics of International Development in Pakistan, delves deep into a highly original and detailed account...

String of Pearls and China’s Emerging Strategic Culture

Abstract This research paper focuses on the strategic culture of China in the 21st century and establishes a link with the Chinese 'String of Pearls'...

Changing Geopolitical Dynamics in Central Asia: Causes and Effects

Abstract This study attempts to identify geopolitical competition and capacities of the US, Russia and China in Central Asia. The aim of this research is...

21st Century and Pakistan’s New Narrative for National Stability

Abstract Throughout the course of history, states and non-state actors have developed themes, values and ideas to promote their visions. Such deliberate and well-constructed ideologies...

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