Issue Brief on “Pakistan-US Trade Negotiations Post-Tariffs”
In July 2025, a high-level Pakistani delegation led by Commerce Secretary Jawad Paal arrived in Washington to finalize a trade agreement to counter-balance tariffs...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan at the UN: Responding to Israel’s Strike in Qatar”
In yet another egregious violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of regional states, an Israeli strike struck targets in Doha, Qatar, on 9...
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Issue Brief on “The U.S.-Pakistan Counterterrorism Dialogue and Geoeconomic Cooperation”
After the May 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, Pakistan and the U.S. have reinvigorated their bilateral relations, particularly in the domain of counterterrorism and economic cooperation....
Issue Brief on “Fragmented Regionalism: India’s Strategic Shift from SAARC to BIMSTEC and its...
INTRODUCTION
The South Asia remains the most populous yet the least connected region. This is not due to lack of mechanisms of regional cooperation, such...
Islamabad Paper “Commentary on Western Assessments of the Pakistan-India Crisis of May 2025”
The four-day Pakistan-India crisis from May 6 to 10, 2025, has generated several assessments from Pakistani, Indian, and Western analysts. While the analyses from...
Issue Brief on “Russia-India-China Trilateral in Focus: Strategic Interests, Geopolitical Frictions, and Pakistan’s Stakes”
In a renewed effort to reinstate trilateral cooperation, Moscow has initiated a diplomatic outreach to Beijing and New Delhi to revitalize the Russia-India-China (RIC)...
Issue Brief on “Forging Regional Connectivity and Cooperation: Strategic Significance of President Pezeshkian’s Visit...
The visit of Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian to Pakistan on 2-3 August 2025 marks another significant development in the long-standing relations between the...
Issue Brief on “AI, Drone Warfare, and the Emerging Paradigm of Air Superiority”
The next air battle will be decided not just by what flies fastest or stealthiest, but by who thinks, senses, and acts fastest under...
Issue Brief on “Quantum Technologies in Defense: Strategic Implications and Policy Challenges”
Quantum technologies harness the counterintuitive laws of quantum physics (superposition and entanglement) to create new computing, sensing, and communication capabilities. In defense, quantum computing...
