Strategic Studies
From the Editor’s Desk
Masood Khan
Articles
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Regional Cooperation and
Socio-Economic Development
Hasan Askari Rizvi
Reviving Historical Trade Routes: A Case Study of the Silk Route...
The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014. Carlotta Gall. Gurgaon: Penguin Books, 2014. Pp....
Even as America wraps up its ‘long war’ in Afghanistan, it has failed to completely wipe out the Al-Qaeda and other terrorist outfits operating...
Kashmir: New Voices, New Approaches. Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu, Bushra Asif and Cyrus Samii,...
The Jammu and Kashmir issue is a longstanding dispute that goes back to the time when India and Pakistan gained independence. Winnowing out the...
Pakistan: Terrorism Ground Zero. Rohan Gunaratna and Khuram Iqbal. London: Reaktion Books, 2010. Pp....
The book “Pakistan Terrorism Ground Zero” considers the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent relocation of Al-Qaeda to FATA as the square one...
Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century. Shashi Tharoor. New Delhi:...
Shashi Tharoor, a renowned Indian diplomat and politician wrote Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century to substantiate and elaborate the...
Xi Jinping: The Governance of China. Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 2014. Pp. 515. (Book...
China is fast emerging as a super power and the world’s largest economy, and according to some criteria it has even surpassed the US....
The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia’s New Geopolitics. Andrew Small. London: Hurst & Company, 2015. Pp....
As the US pivots towards the Asia-Pacific, China, its principal nemesis in the game of contemporary internationals geopolitics, has focused its attention towards South,...
88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary. Robert L. Grenier. New York: Simon &...
Secret meetings at midnight, discreet whisperings in the aircraft cabins, juggling with colleagues, co-opting moles, roof-top encrypted satellite conversations, clandestine reporting from recruits, exciting...
Friendly Exchanges and People-to-People Contact Between Pakistan and India: Imperatives and Impediments (Article)
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In recognition of the crucial role of people-to-people contact through friendly exchanges and cultural relations for the promotion of peace and normalisation, Pakistan and...
Policy Reforms, Politics and Economics: A Focus on Pakistan’s Burgeoning Fiscal Deficit and Dependence...
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The intricate nature of the political infrastructure determines the relationship between states and markets whether it is in a form of a centralised state,...
