Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Report – In-House Meeting with “Delegation of the European Parliamentarians”

Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an In-House Meeting on July 30, 2019, with a delegation of prominent European Parliamentarians led by UK-based...

Report – Roundtable on “Delegation from Iraq”

A five-member delegation from Iraq headed by Shaikh Dr. Hamam Hamoudi, Head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a political party and part...

Issue Brief on “Afghanistan and Regional Connectivity”

After over three decades of conflict and over 92,000 casualties (32,000 civilians killed and 60,000 injured in the last decade, Afghanistan stands out as...

Report – In-house meeting with Dr. Geoffrey Shaw, Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an In-House Meeting on July 16, 2019 with H.E. Dr. Geoffrey Shaw, Australian High Commissioner to...

Pakistan-Africa Roundtable Dialogue for Commemorating Africa Day

Foreword Pakistan’s relations with many African countries date back to their respective independence movements. Pakistan supported both morally and materially countries such as Algeria,...

Islamabad Paper – “The Emergence of New Populism in Europe: Future of the EU...

Abstract The society of Europe is being dangerously polarized. It is promoting pathologically political and religious phenomenon of populism. The populists are seen as largely...

Islamabad Paper – “Pakistan and the Expansion of UNSC”

Abstract The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a key component of the UN body, but has been under the spotlight when it comes to...

Reimaging Pakistan: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State. Husain Haqqani. India: Harper Collins, 2018.

Going through the book, the first thought that struck a reader’s mind was Husain Haqqani’s desperate attempt to justify the label “leading dissident public...

The Making of Pakistani Human Bombs. Khuram Iqbal. London: Lexington Books, 2016, 212.

The book, The Making of Pakistani Bombs, written by Khurram Iqbal, offers a multi-level analysis of the factors influencing suicide terrorism in Pakistan. The...

The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World, Hung-Ho-Fung. New York: Columbia...

The book, The China Boom: Why China will not Rule the World, is based on some of the often asked questions; why and how...

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