The Syrian Question; Reconfiguring State Construct Post-IS
By Fatima Ayub
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
Six years into the Syrian civil war, the reign and security of President Bashar-ul-Assad’s regime is secured - but it is...
BEWARE OF DEVALUATION
Spearhead Special Report – 20.06.2018
By Farrukh Karamat
Senior Research Coordinator, Spearhead Research
Since December 2017, Pakistan has gone through three bouts of devaluation. Bloomberg has termed the Pakistan...
Pakistan’s economic snapshot, March 2013
With the current political regime counting its last days, Pakistan’s economy seems to be left hanging in the air. Political instability, poor foresight on...
PAKISTAN’S WATER CRISIS 2.0
In recent years, the realization that water, food and energy systems are becoming increasingly interdependent has pushed analysts to take a more holistic view...
CRISIS MANAGEMENT PAKISTAN & INDIA
Spearhead Special Report – 19.11.2018
By Hira A. Shafi
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
A conflict is essentially the existence of incompatible goals. Conflicts are considered intrinsic to human...
CPEC: Past and Future Challenges
By Shirin Naseer
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an enormous $62 billion bilateral developmental project between Pakistan and China, is hailed as a...
PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN: PERSPECTIVES & OPTIONS
Spearhead Special Report – 27.06.2018
By Hira A. Shafi
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
Recently, Afghanistan witnessed an alternate vision of co-existence when the Afghan Government along with US...
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE IP GAS PIPELINE ON PAKISTAN
Conceived in the 1950s as a pipeline connecting Iran’s gas fields with Pakistan and India, the IPI pipeline has been host to much controversy....
The “Durand Line” in the 21st Century
Spearhead Analysis – 17.06.2014
By Shemrez Nauman Afzal
Research Advisor and Consultant (Security and Governance)
Spearhead Research – Pakistan
Afghanistan and Pakistan cannot be stabilized unless and until the...
Malnutrition- A global dilemma
Spearhead Special Report – 27.12.2018
By Syed Murtaza Zaidi
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
The great American writer and social reformer Frederick Douglass once remarked that “It is easier to...