Policy Brief
LoC: Where Stability Is a Work in Progress
by: Adina Wajid
Date: April 16, 2025
The Line of Control (LoC) remains a persistent flashpoint in India-Pakistan relations, where periodic military confrontations and tactical escalations serve as a reminder of just how fragile the peace is....
Policy Brief
Managing Escalations: Upgrading CBMs
by: Prof. Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Date: March 22, 2025
The nuclear competition between India and Pakistan continues to shape the South Asia’s strategic landscape, exacerbated by technological advancements, geopolitical shifts, and a lack of sustained dialogue. While both countries...
Policy Brief
Unmanned, Unchecked: Tech-Driven Instability in South Asia
by: Adil Sultan
Date: March 14, 2025
Emerging military technologies are transforming conflict dynamics in South Asia, introducing new risks to strategic stability between India and Pakistan. Drones, AI-driven warfare, and cyber capabilities are lowering the threshold...
Policy Brief
A Border Too Close for Business: The Case of Indo-Pak Trade
by: Nyle Murad, Arifa Zahoor
Date: March 12, 2025
Trade between India and Pakistan has repeatedly been derailed by conflict, and a deep-seated trust deficit, that has kept bilateral trade at the margins of both economies. In August 2019,...
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The Broken Ground: Unpacking Pakistan’s Climate Displacement Crisis
by: Dr. Eric Shahzar
Date: March 5, 2025
Pakistan’s climate displacement crisis is unfolding at an unprecedented scale, and uprooting millions through forced migration as a result of floods, droughts and glacial melt. Yet, policy response remains fragmented,...
Trump Administration 2.0: What to Expect in South Asia?
by: Jinnah Institute
Date: November 15, 2024
Jinnah Institute hosted a policy roundtable on 7th November, 2024, titled ‘Trump Administration 2.0: What to Expect in South Asia?’ in response to the US election outcome the previous day....
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Climate Brief 2022: Navigating Pakistan’s Climate Crisis
by: Salman Zaidi, Meera Nadeem, Abdulla Wasti & Zahaid Rehman
Date: March 22, 2022
Introduction Existential challenges require concerted action, consensus and policy clarity. So far, on climate stress, Pakistan seems to be (more…)
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South Asia in Transition: Finding Stability in the Third Nuclear Age
by: Sitara Noor
Date: June 11, 2021
Introduction The month of May marked 23 years since Pakistan and India tested their atomic bombs and gatecrashed (more…)
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Caught in the Crossfire: The Dilemma of Fisherfolk Prisoners
by: Abdulla Wasti, Meera Nadeem and Zahaid Rehman
Date: March 26, 2021
The arrest of fisherfolk of India and Pakistan on the maritime border between the two countries (more…)
Policy Brief
Reaping a Poor Harvest: Food Security in a Pandemic
by: Fauzia Yazdani & Shirin Gul
Date: March 17, 2021
Among other disruptions taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic was the periodic shortage of food staples in Pakistan over 2020. (more…)
