Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Indo – US 2 + 2 Dialogue and Larger Indo-Pacific Cooperation”

US and India concluded their high profile 2+2 Ministerial dialogue in New Delhi on September 08, 2018. Both countries also signed the Communications Compatibility...

Issue Brief on “Growing Chinese FDI in Europe”

The US National Security Strategy for 2018 has underlined China’s “strategic foothold” in Europe for the first time. It declares that the expansion of...

Report – Roundtable “Delegation from All Party Parliamentary Group on Kashmir (APPKG), London”

Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted a Roundtable on September 19, 2018, with a 5-member delegation from All Party Parliamentary Group on Kashmir...

Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest. Tufekci, Zeynep. New...

The advent of internet and social media has changed the nature of connectivity and state of affairs across the globe. The highly interconnected societies...

A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order....

The current global scenario is going through a transitional period, which is rife with uncertainty, anxiety and instability. The influence of non-state actors and...

The Pragmatic Superpower. Takeyh, Ray and Simon, Steven. New York: W. W. Norton and...

The Pragmatic Superpower is a latest work produced by two of Washington’s renowned foreign policy experts ─ Ray Takeyh and Steven Simon. The book...

Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order. Harbeson, John W and Rothchild,...

Africa in World Politics: Constructing Political and Economic Order is a collection of seminal essays which discusses the vibrant and resurgent challenges being faced...

Punishing Terrorists: Military Courts and Public Opinion in Pakistan

Abstract Terrorism is one of the menaces that inflicted huge human losses to the state and society of Pakistan. On December 16, 2014, the brazen...

Ecotourism for Sustainable Development in Gilgit-Baltistan: Prospects under CPEC

Abstract Ecotourism is an instrument for protecting the natural landscape along with improving the livelihood of the rural communities. It helps minimise the negative impacts...

Central and South Asian Energy Projects: Prospects and Challenges for Pakistan

Abstract After the 2013 elections, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) stepped up its efforts to combat the energy crisis, persisting in the country. Due to...

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