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by Ms. Huma Rehman.... Iran is struggling to fight against COVID-19 under US sanctions. Iran's more 60 thousand cases require ventilators and medical equipment but it can not carry out international transactions due to sanctions. Will international community help ease sanctions on Iran and support it in fight against COVID-19? Iran’s state of affairs worsened
After the US-Taleban peace deal which was signed on Feb 29, 2020; the main obstacle in establishing peace in Afghanistan…
It has been a year since Pakistan and India’s most recent and most serious crisis after their overt nuclearization in…
Mr. Sajid Aziz Mr. Sajid Aziz is a Research Assistant at the Center for International Strategic Studies (CISS). View Bio
Ms. Amna Saqib Ms. Amna Saqib is visiting faculty member at Preston University Islamabad and Research Officer at the Centre…
The U.S.-Iran conflict reached a tipping point the first week of January 2020, when the U.S. Army killed Iran’s top…
Summary: Within the Indo-Pacific region, the United States and Pakistan have sharply divergent strategic objectives. While American objectives have changed…
In 2019, Pakistan’s foreign policy efforts focused on four major issues: the Kashmir crisis with India; the Afghanistan imbroglio; CPEC…
by Sajid Aziz.... The post-Pulwama military crisis and India’s recent move to revoke articles 370 and 35(A), which gave Indian-held Kashmir a distinct constitutional status and administrative structure, have not only raised the ominous prospect of war between the two nuclear-armed South Asian states but has also led to some interesting comparisons between India and Israel, especially
by Saima Aman Sial.... Crisis is a situation between states which is characterized by surprise (sudden, unexpected) and poses a threat (potential to harm the interest of a state), which requires decision-making by a state in a time-constrained environment in order to prevent further escalation into a full-blown conflict or war. In South Asian crises,



