Asma Siddiq

IR Expert |Research/Policy Analyst @ISSIslamabad |China, Central Asia & South Asia|Writer @The_nation @stratheia| frmr BD Associate| Learner for Life @QAU_SPIR

[Asma Siddiq @sidd_asmaa]

I am happy share that my latest research article on CPEC Phase II & Pakistan’s industrial transformation has been published!!
Grateful to my supervisor Dr. @HassanDaudButt for his valuable guidance.
Do check out. Link:
https://t.co/jhLgvGKdFU

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

“In the 1980s as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher broke with historical precedent and slashed top tax rates, the old corporate business models [...] became obsolete.” In an essay, Arthur Laffer explains how entrepreneurialism thrived during this era https://t.co/GmJK1CfU9S

[•☆• @Isla_McKayx]

Let the road take the weight off your shoulders 💫

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

“Made in China” is becoming “made by China”—all over the world. Faced with higher Western tariffs and weak demand at home, many Chinese factories are moving abroad, making everything from appliances to cars everywhere from North America to Eastern Europe. https://t.co/CIxfnrZ4Ub

[Pivot_ISSI @Pivot_ISSI]

PIVOT features the book review of entitled book “Development of Modern Chinese Foreign Policy Thought: The Great Return “by Asma Siddiq, examining the evolution of China’s strategic worldview and its foreign policy foundations.

[Asma Siddiq @sidd_asmaa]

Please to share that my book review of "Development of Modern 🇨🇳Foreign Policy Thought: A Great Return" has been published in @Pivot_ISSI I highly recommend this important book on China's political history & FP
Link:
https://t.co/XQ58eGSzTe

[Hamid Mir حامد میر @HamidMirPAK]

This is the same place which was bombed by Indians last year in May and they claimed total destruction. All delegations arrived at the same place.

[Maleeha Lodhi @LodhiMaleeha]

We should avoid any rush to judgement about the Islamabad talks which have barely got going. Diplomacy is a process, not an event. Anyone who thinks the process will yield something quickly is mistaken. No need to see it in terms of either breakthrough or breakdown.

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

Striking civilian structures, including unfinished bridges, will not compel Iranians to surrender.

It only conveys the defeat and moral collapse of an enemy in disarray. Every bridge and building will be built back stronger. What will never recover: damage to America's standing.

[CGTN @CGTNOfficial]

Professor Jeffrey Sachs says decades of conflict across the Middle East can be traced back to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 30-year strategy known as "A Clean Break."

[HUM News English @humnews_english]

In Nov'25 @asmashirazi sat down with Dr Ali Larijani @alilarijani_ir during his Pakistan visit. After his assassination, that interview has taken on a different light.
She remembers Larijani as a warm, deeply read and unusually graceful statesman.

[South Asia Index @SouthAsiaIndex]

📷 Ali Larijani in his youth.

Ali Larijani, a true Kantian thinker who authored multiple works on the Kant’s philosophy, was often joyfully called by his friend as "Syed Kant".

[Sophia Proneikos @Pergament_F]

"The soul heals with books."
Dostoyevsky

Calm evening

[Financial Times @FT]

The era of US dominance in economic warfare is over https://t.co/cSFqkNcctX

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

A rising number of voices—incl European and U.S. officials—exclaim that the war on Iran is unjust. More members of the international community should follow suit.

Wave of global repercussions has only begun and will hit all—regardless of wealth, faith, or race. Our foe is one.

[Syed Talat Hussain @TalatHussain12]

Arguably the most impactful, history-changing document of our times. A resignation letter that is more powerful than Epstein Files. Read it over and over again to understand how America works and who works it.

[Mushahid Hussain Sayed @Mushahid]

Great analysis by top Iran expert in the United States: American policymakers need to read this incisive article, as they seem totally divorced from reality, hence their failure, which has resulted in USA sinking under yet another Quagmire, this time, in Iran!

[Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad @ISSIslamabad]

Delighted to host a seminar in collab with CMG highlighting the significance of 🇨🇳's 15th 5-Year Plan in driving innovation-led Chinese modernization, discussing its pivotal role in evolving global economy & further deepening 🇵🇰-🇨🇳 All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING:

France’s former PM Dominique de Villepin calls for sanctions against Israel and the US over their attacks on Iran:

“We say clearly to the United States that their war against Iran is illegal, illegitimate, and dangerous.”

🇫🇷

[Richard @ricwe123]

So the US decided to bomb a school full of children, and then decided to strike the same school again to kill all the parents who rushed in trying to save their kids......