Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Deadly Impasse: Indo-Pakistani Relations at the Dawn of a New Century. Sumit Ganguly

Sumit Ganguly is a skilful writer and a yeoman whose book, Deadly Impasse: Indo-Pakistani Relations at the Dawn of a New Century, is based...

Looking West:China and Central Asia, US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (Washington: United States-China...

Looking West: China and Central Asia is a US Congressional hearing done in March 2015. Experts on Central Asia were invited to solicit their...

Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda: A Significant Opportunity for Pakistan

Abstract The Post-2015 Development Agenda is aimed at providing a framework to identify global and national priorities and stir up action towards a sustainable development...

‘Responsibility to Protect’ and the Failure to Prevent the Rise of the Islamic State

Abstract The massive atrocities and displacement caused by the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is, in no way, different from...

Arms Trade Treaty: A Critical Analysis

Abstract The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), in force since 2014, aims to regulate the international trade of conventional weapons, estimated to be worth US$100billion a...

Religious Radicalisation in Pakistan: Defining a Common Narrative

Abstract Variant views, on the existence of religious radicalisation as a problem in Pakistan, have restricted sustainable initiative for de-radicalisation. The culture of not challenging...

2016 SAARC Summit: Future of Regional Cooperation in South Asia

Abstract The people of South Asia share historical, cultural, linguistic, ethnic and geographical linkages. Despite these commonalities, South Asia remains a region marred by disputes,...

Pakistan’s Counterinsurgency: Military and Civilian Approach

Abstract Post 9/11 insurgency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA) regions threatened the national security of...

Prospects of Pakistan-Iran Relations: Post Nuclear Deal

Abstract Now that the threat of Western sanctions on Iran has been removed, the prospects for improved relations between Pakistan and Iran provide increased...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 36, Autumn 2016, No. 3)

Articles Prospects of Pakistan-Iran Relations: Post Nuclear Deal Najam Rafique Pakistan’s Counterinsurgency: Military and Civilian Approach Shahid Ahmad Afridi 2016 SAARC Summit: Future of Regional Cooperation in South Asia Mahwish...

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