Game Plan Pakistan Economic Gateway

Markings Publishing, 2024 | ISBN 978-969-9748-27-1 | 148PP. | Hardcover A provocative blueprint for increasing Pakistan’s international status and influence. A wide-ranging strategy for Pakistan to improve its future as an economic and political power. Niazi observes that while Pakistan possesses all the “essential ingredients” to become a great economic power—not just on the Indian…

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Strategic Reckoning

Perspective on Deterrence and Escalation Post-Pahalgam EDITED BY PROFESSOR DR. RABIA AKHTAR (ISLAMABAD: CSSPR-IRS, 2025), (PAGES, 344) It is an edited volume, compiled by Professor Dr Rabia Akhtar, published jointly by the Center for Security, Strategy and Policy Research (CSSPR) from the University of Lahore and the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad. Dr Rabia…

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The Gulf’s Strategic Trap And Iran’s Long Game

Context The direct military confrontation between the United States and Iran has expanded far beyond a localized standoff, turning the Persian Gulf and its maritime peripheries into the cockpit of an accelerating global restructuring. Conventional Western security assessments frequently depict the crisis as a binary confrontation: Washington and its historic allies seeking to deter an…

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