Vol 13, No 2 (2025): Journal of Strategic Studies, Winter 2025

The latest issue of CISS Insight Journal engages a broad spectrum of contemporary strategic debates at the national, regional, and global levels. It features five scholarly research articles alongside critical reviews of three significant books. Together, the contributions examine evolving power configurations, technological competition, alliance politics, regional security dilemmas, and emerging avenues for diplomacy, with particular relevance to Pakistan’s strategic environment.

The first paper, ‘South Asia in Transition: Strategic Landscape and Regional Order,’ analyzes the shifting balance of power in South Asia against the backdrop of persistent India–Pakistan rivalry. It assesses how ideological transformation within India, particularly under the Bharatiya Janata Pa... More