Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “2024 In Review: India’s Ties with Major Powers”

The year 2024 started under the shadow of U.S. allegations regarding involvement of Indian government agents in the attempted killing of Sikh activists on...

Issue Brief on “The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and its Impact on Global Energy Markets”

Russia’s coercive annexation of Crimea in 2014 ignited a conflict with Ukraine, marking a key change in regional stability. While many see this act...

Issue Brief on “The Current Trajectory of India-Bangladesh Relations: An Overview”

Introduction Bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India have been at a historic low since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024. While...

Issue Brief on “The fall of the Assad Regime in Syria: Regional and Global...

In what began with the ‘Arab spring’ protests in 2011against the Assad regime, Syria embarked upon a journey of instability and conflict manifested in...

Islamabad Paper “Demographic Engineering: A Case Study of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir”

Abstract The ill-fated day of August 5, 2019, saw the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoking Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which...

Issue Brief on “Trump 2.0: What to Expect on the Nuclear Horizon?”

With Donald Trump’s re-election as the U.S. President, several foreign policy and nuclear policy questions are looming large. Trump’s second term may bring many...

Issue Brief on “Ankara Declaration: Role of Turkiye in Africa”

Marking a significant transformation in East Africa's geopolitical dynamics, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a meeting with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somali President...

Issue Brief on “New Alliances in Defence and the Future of Strategic Stability”

Formal agreements between states to cooperate in the military domain have existed since the dawn of the century and have been a recurring feature...

Issue Brief on “Discriminatory U.S. Sanctions and Fallacious Assertions on Pakistan’s Missile Programme –...

On December 18, 2024, the U.S. imposed sanctions on four Pakistani entities. The statement issued by the U.S. Department of State alleged that these...

Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Role in the Multilateral Industrial Policy Forum: Advancing Sustainable Industrialization”

Background The Multilateral Industrial Policy Forum (MIPF) was established by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in 2021 in response to calls from Member...

RECENT PUBLICATIONS