Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Issue Brief on “Food Security Challenges for Pakistan “

Globally, the issue of food insecurity has taken the central stage of policymakers. Nearly a billion people across the world experience the effects of food insecurity...

Global Power Shift and Foreign Policy Choices for Pakistan

Abstract The shifting global order suggests arrival of the world away from the U.S.-led liberal unipolar order. The rise of the rest, notably, the Chinese...

Islamabad Paper on “Modi’s Kashmir Policies: The Facade of Indian Democracy and Secularism”

Abstract Considering the multi-religious nature of India polity, it was deemed more appropriate by Indian political leadership at the time of independence that the country...

Issue Brief on “Indian Defence Budget 2023-24: An Assessment”

India has once again increased its defence budget allocation by 13 per cent in 2023-24. India’s increased defence spending has been continually growing for...

Report – Web Celebration “Defence Day of Pakistan”

The Arms Control and Disarmament Centre (ACDC) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted an in-house virtual meeting to celebrate the Defense Day of Pakistan...

Perception and Reality of Pakistan’s India Centric Foreign Policy

Abstract Since 1947, Indo-Pak hostility and the consequent Kabul-New Delhi bonhomie have been a recurrent feature of Pakistan’s foreign policy. Being located at an advantageous...

Pakistan-India Relations: A Critical Appraisal of Power Politics

Abstract Pakistan-India relations are mired in power politics making the two countries as rivals with competing identities and interests. By the logic of power politics,...

Islamabad Paper on “Status of Minorities in India”

Abstract India has been successful in building a soft image of itself across the globe with the help of its soft power diplomacy. It...

Report – Webinar “COVID-19: Learning from China’s Experience”

China-Pakistan Study Centre (CPSC) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted a webinar on “Covid 19: Learning from China’s Experience” on June 11, 2020. Mr....

Report – WebTalk on “Hong Kong: Current Status & Future”

China-Pakistan Study Centre (CPSC) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) hosted a WebTalk on ‘Hong Kong: Current Status & Future’ under the...

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