Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

‘Responsibility to Protect’ and the Failure to Prevent the Rise of the Islamic State

Abstract The massive atrocities and displacement caused by the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is, in no way, different from...

Arms Trade Treaty: A Critical Analysis

Abstract The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), in force since 2014, aims to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons, estimated to be worth US$100billion a...

Religious Radicalisation in Pakistan: Defining a Common Narrative

Abstract Variant views, on the existence of religious radicalisation as a problem in Pakistan, have restricted sustainable initiative for de-radicalisation. The culture of not challenging...

2016 SAARC Summit: Future of Regional Cooperation in South Asia

Abstract The people of South Asia share historical, cultural, linguistic, ethnic and geographical linkages. Despite these commonalities, South Asia remains a region marred by disputes,...

Pakistan’s Counterinsurgency: Military and Civilian Approach

Abstract Post 9/11 insurgency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) regions threatened the national security of...

Prospects of Pakistan-Iran Relations: Post Nuclear Deal

Abstract Now that the threat of Western sanctions on Iran has been removed, the prospects for improved relations between Pakistan and Iran provide increased...

Farhana Qazi, Secrets of the Kashmir Valley: My Journey through the Conflict between India...

Kashmir is an unresolved, multi-faceted dispute and a deep festering wound in Indo-Pak relations. Seen through a geopolitical prism, Kashmir has been made out...

Jamshed Marker, Cover Point (Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2016), 193.

Ambassador Jamshed Marker, a distinguished diplomat with a rich experience of holding several important positions in the Foreign Service of Pakistan, in his book...

David.L.Goosling, Frontier of Fear: Confronting the Taliban on Pakistan’s Border (The Radcliffe Press: London...

The book Frontier of Fear: Confronting the Taliban on Pakistan's Border is a personal account of David Lagourie Gosling, who served as the Principal...

Steven Lee Myers, The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin (Simon...

The New Tsar: the Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin, is a comprehensive and informative biography of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Steven Myers,...

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