Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Nuclear Arms Race in South Asia: Pakistan’s Quest for Security

Abstract The paper examines the nuclear arms race in South Asia. The security competition between India and Pakistan has been characterised by an action-reaction spiral....

Pak-Afghan Relations (2001-2017): A Prisoner’s Dilemma Analysis

Abstract Pak-Afghan relations in post-Taliban era are a narration of mistrust and a display of the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Despite Pakistan’s efforts to maintain good neighbourly...

Joachim Krause and Charles King Mallory IV eds., Afghanistan, Pakistan and Strategic Change: Adjusting...

Afghanistan, Pakistan and Strategic Change: Adjusting Western Regional Policy co-edited by Joachim Krause and Charles King Mallory IV analyses the nature of the current...

Peter Nadin, Patrick Cammaret and Vesselin Popovski, Spoiler Groups and UN Peacekeeping (London:...

Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) in a summit on UN Peacekeeping in September 2014 said, “The world is changing and our support...

Moazzam Husain, Putting Pakistan Right: Standpoints on the War on Terror, Energy, Transit Corridors...

Putting Pakistan Right by Moazzam Husain is a set of deeply analysed articles which can help policy makers to draft the right policy options...

Noah Coburn, Losing Afghanistan (Stanford University Press, California, 2016), 246.

Losing Afghanistan is a candid and comprehensive account of the US’ intervention in Afghanistan. The author, Noah Coburn has a firsthand experience of living...

Rocky M. Mirza, How the West was Won and Lost: Athenian Democracy to the...

The Chilcot Report, released on July 6, 2016, revealed the truth behind the US invasion of Iraq. Saddam Hussain was not a threat and...

Individual’s Perceptions about the Credibility of Social Media in Pakistan

Abstract: The main objective of this research was to explore the impact of social media credibility on the usage of news regarding five dimensions: local,...

United Nations Security Council Resolutions: Status of the People of Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract: The issue of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly unrecognised status of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, is a bone of contention between Pakistan and...

Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue: Risks and Opportunities for Pakistan and India

Abstract: Pakistan and India agreed on a Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD) in November 2015, as a follow-up of the Composite Bilateral Dialogue which was initiated...

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