POLICY BRIEF
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…)
POLICY BRIEF
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…)
POLICY BRIEF
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…)
Policy Brief
Asia’s Rise to Economic Prominence: Stakes for South Asia
by: Saad Rajput
Date: January 22, 2021
Asia’s Resurgence Longer term analyses of globalisation demonstrate how historical supply chains have sustained across regions, (more…)
Policy Brief
Confronting Pakistan’s Climate Reality: Shifting Paradigms
by: Hassaan Sipra
Date: November 30, 2020
Executive Summary Pakistan’s high vulnerability to climate change necessitates an urgent response. (more…)
Policy Brief
Broadening Pakistan’s Search for Geopolitical Stability in a Contested Neighborhood
by: Fahd Humayun
Date: September 30, 2020
As tensions both in and around South Asia rise, this policy brief maps the most salient geopolitical stressors that require Islamabad’s attention as Pakistan looks to rebuild and repair a...
Policy Brief
Tackling Climate Change During a Pandemic
by: Shafqat Kakakhel
Date: August 24, 2020
Introduction The lockdowns prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic have caused massive disruptions in economic and commercial activities all over the world. (more…)
Policy Brief
Leave No One Behind: Including Women in the Afghan Transition
by: Ammara Durrani
Date: June 11, 2020
“Some members of the Taliban delegation were looking at me. A few were taking notes. Some others were just looking elsewhere…Since our side had women delegates, I suggested to them...
Policy Brief
Farthest Field: Women and COVID-19
by: Farzana Bari, Sara Malkani
Date: June 1, 2020
Gender and COVID-19 by Dr. Farzana Bari Heralded as the greatest equaliser of our times, the coronavirus pandemic was expected to blur boundaries of class, race, and gender, and become...