Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Strategic Studies (Vol. 46, Summer 2026, No. 1)

  Articles From Iran’s Strategic Patience to Active Deterrence: Doctrinal Transformation and the Reordering of West Asian Security Syed Qandil Abbas and Syeda Hudaisa Kazmi Contested Restraint: Compellence,...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 45, Summer 2025, No. 2)

  Articles   Deterrence or Provocation: Establishment of Naval Bases on Islands in the Indian Ocean Aleena Saif Ullah India’s Maritime Strategy in the Indian Ocean: Liminal Power or...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 45, Summer 2025, No. 1)

  Articles China’s Rise and the Geopolitical Transformation in South Asia: Options for Regional States Saman Zulfqar From Euro-Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific: Assessing NATO’s Evolving Policy on China...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 44, Winter 2024, No. 2)

  Articles   Risks of Maritime Entanglement between India and Pakistan in the Indian Ocean Region: A Need for Maritime Confidence Building Measures Rizwana Abbasi and Maryyum Masood Indian...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 44, Summer 2024, No. 1)

  Articles   From Traditional to Humane Security Challenges — Analysing Pakistan’s Response to the Poly Crisis of Covid 19 Salma Malik Chosenness-Myth-Trauma Syndrome and Hindutva’s Othering of Minorities...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 43, Winter 2023, No. 2)

  Articles   Gwadar: China’s Future Gateway to the Middle East Ishtiaq Ahmad Sino-U.S. Strategic Competition in the Asia-Pacific: Omnidirectional Hedging of Traditional Middle Powers Maheera Munir and Aiysha Safdar Media...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 43, Summer 2023, No. 1)

  Articles Global Power Shift and Foreign Policy Choices for Pakistan Rizwana Abbasi Nuclear Signalling and Escalation Risk in the India-Pakistan Context: A Critical Overview of the 2001-02...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 42, Winter 2022, No. 2)

  Articles   Soft Power in the Foreign Policy of Pakistan: Prospects and Potentials Khalid Saifullah and Irfan Hussain Qaisrani The ‘Petrocurrency’ Determinants in Growing Sino-US Confrontation: Implication for...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 42, Summer 2022, No. 1)

  Articles   US Indo-Pacific Strategy and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: The Hedging Option Farhan Hanif Siddiqi The Plebiscite Conundrum in Jammu and Kashmir (1947 to the Present Day) Victoria Schofield 99...

Strategic Studies (Vol. 41, Winter 2021, No. 4)

  Articles   Hindutva and Islamophobia Anum Babur and Shaheen Akhtar Impact of India’s ISR Capabilities on South Asian Security Dynamics Amjad Mahmood and Adil Sultan Trump Administration’s Strategic Perspective about...