Crude Threats and the Politics of Oil Production
Javed Hassan
In March 2020, at an OPEC+ meeting, Saudi Arabia pushed for a crude oil production cut of 1.5 million barrels per day...
China: The Next Global Mediator?
Nidaa Shahid
A week after being re-elected as the President of China, Xi Jinping, in a historic move, stepped in to play the role...
Navigating Pakistan’s Afghan Conundrum
Hassan Tahir
Pakistan-Afghanistan relations have become more challenging, with both countries being at loggerheads over sensitive issues concerning security and sovereignty. Since the...
Navigating Pakistan’s Security Challenges Through Emerging Technologies
Bilal Ghazanfar
Recent trends indicate that the nature and conduct of war are transmuting as emerging technologies (ETs) have revolutionized military strategies and tactics....
Erdoğan’s Road to Victory
Birol Başkan & Ömer Taşpınar
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's victory in May’s election has surprised many a person. That was not supposed to have happened....
Gilgit-Baltistan and the Geopolitics of the Third Pole
Kashif Hussain
The vast glaciers of the Himalayas, Karakoram, Hindu Kush, and Pamirs, spreading across the highlands of Central and South Asia, are considered...
Nuclear Responsibilities and Pakistan: Understanding Sensibilities for Future Engagement
Ali Mustafa
The BASIC-ICCS Nuclear Responsibilities Approach and Toolkit provides a new way to tackle the challenges posed by nuclear weapons in the modern era. It offers a...
Countering India’s Cultural War and Propaganda on Kashmir
Ayesha Malik
If you are a Kashmiri in a Bollywood film, chances are high that you will be represented in one of the two...
Israel-Palestine Conflict in the Age of Disinformation
Shaza Arif
The dynamics of the Israel-Palestine conflict have shaped security and politics in the Middle East for many decades. While tensions never...
Mapping the Challenges to Pakistan’s Geoeconomic Pivot
Afeera Firdous
In January 2022, Pakistan's National Security Division (NSD) launched the country’s first-ever National Security Policy (NSP), marking a significant milestone. The said...