Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Report – Seminar on “UN Report: The International Community Awakens to Human Rights Violations...

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organized a seminar on July 31, 2018 entitled “UN Report: The International Community Awakens to Human Rights...

Issue Brief on “US Mid-Term Elections 2018: The Race for Congress”

Mid-term elections in the United States are the general elections held in November every four years, near the midpoint of a president's four-year term...

Issue Brief on “Donald Trump’s “Indo-Pacific Strategy”: Trilateral Pact on Infrastructure Initiative”

Addressing Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Washington on July 30, 2018, US Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo detailed a plan for a “free and open...

Issue Brief on “Yemen: Saudi Coalition Struggles to Retake Hodeidah Port”

On July 21, 2018 the Yemeni government struggled to take back control of the Hodeidah port as the Saudi-led coalition had failed to occupy...

Issue Brief on “Saudi Salwa Canal Project”

“Starting the Salwa Canal. Congratulations to the Saudi people for this wonderful project that will transform the small terrorist state of Qatar into...

Islamabad Paper on “US and Evolving Strategic Shifts in the World Order: The Future...

Abstract The world order that we have come to experience since the end of the Second World War is undergoing notable strategic shifts. Major power...

Islamabad Paper on “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the Emerging Maritime Security Environment”

Abstract The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is rising in strategic importance and 21st century geopolitics is going to be centered on the Indian Ocean. In...

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...

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