Guidelines for Journal

Guidelines for Contributors

Strategic Studies invites submissions that are original scholarly work covering strategic issues relevant to Pakistan in particular and/or the international community in general. Our minimum expectations are as follows:

  •          Submissions must present a well-reasoned argument or research question.
  •          The article should contribute to the existing literature.
  •          Appropriate methodology should be employed by the author.

All submissions must be between 4000 to 6000 words and formatted and cited according to the Chicago Manual of Style (Footnotes). All articles will go through an internal review process, following which they will be sent to two external reviewers (National and Foreign). Submissions should contain a cover page with the title of the article, author’s name, contact details and institutional affiliation along with a 150 to 200 words abstract.

Articles for publication should be sent to: editor@issi.org.pk