Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Libyan Civil War: A Growing Inferno”

More than six years after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown, chaos still reigns in Libya. Fighting erupted between rival militias in Tripoli in the last...

Issue Brief on “US-Saudi Arabia Ties: A New Realignment Under Trump”

Saudi Arabia became the first foreign country to be visited by the new US President Donald Trump as he landed in the country on...

Issue Brief on “FATA: A Situational Analysis”

With the exception of the Mohmand agency, the overall security situation in FATA in 2016 witnessed a drastic improvement according to a report recently...

Issue Brief on “Growing Chinese Investments in Sri Lanka”

Over the decade starting 2005-2015, China has emerged as the leading source of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Sri...

Issue Brief on “Diamer-Bhasha Dam Gets a New Revival”

On May 13, 2017, China and Pakistan signed a US$50 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and complete the North Indus River Cascade...

Issue Brief on “China: Moving away from coal towards greener energy mix”

The winter of 2013 was an “airpocolypse,” as dangerous smog shrouded China’s biggest cities, contributing to at least 90,000 deaths and left many affected...

Issue Brief on “The Manchester Attack”

Britain has decided to deploy military personnel at public events in the aftermath of a monstrous suicide attack which had hit the foyer area...

Report – Seminar on “Pakistan’s Relations with Central Asian Republics and Azerbaijan: Prospects and...

A seminar to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan, Central Asian Republics (CARs) and Azerbaijan was held at...

Issue Brief on “Trump: Breaking the Logjam on the Kashmir Dispute”

Since the Indo-Pak partition, the political status of the state of Kashmir has been contested by both Pakistan and India and it still remains...

Issue Brief on “Afghanistan: US-Russia cooperation necessary but nearly impossible”

At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in south central Afghanistan, officials said on May 21, 2017. The latest in a...

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