Sports are the common threads that bind people and countries together. The interlocking rings of the Olympics rings symbolize the coming together of all nations. The former US President Nixon successfully used “ping-pong diplomacy ” to open the US-China relationship leading the…
By Ali Haider Saleem, Research Associate at the China-Pakistan Study Centre, Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). 01 March 2021
The ASEAN region is politically and economically vital for the leading powers of the world. The United States has…
Abdul Basit is a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore. 25 February 2021
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The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak also triggered an infodemic that proliferated in the form of fake news and misinformation through…
China has been working on its green credentials since 2013 and become a front runner in clean energy technology
For the US to reestablish itself as a climate leader, it needs new emissions targets that are more ambitious than those Obama…
Topic: IPRI Distinguished Lecture Series “Afghan Peace Process: The Contours, Implementation, and Contemporary Status” Mansoor Ahmed Khan(Amb. of Pakistan to Afghanistan)
Dr. S. M. Alatas is a Malaysian academic with a passion for decolonizing international relations. She can be reached at peanutminat@gmail.com 18 February 2021
It has been barely three weeks since Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in…

Like the proverbial city on the hill, the US has acted as a magnet for those who wanted to live out the American dream. For the world at large it was a colossus that bestrode the world with equal beneficence and malevolence…
By Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal. He is former Assistant Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force. He can be reached at khalid3408@gmail.com 18 February 2021
In all probability, the US has taken an in-principle decision to…

Biden’s step into the Presidential Office is considered as the dawn of a “new era” in the United States (U.S.). With the new administration coming in with a different agenda, it is interesting to speculate possible changes to the strategic architecture in…
By Andrew Futter, Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester, UK. 15 February 2021
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This work is funded by the European Research Council grant number: 866155. For more on the Third Nuclear Age research project…