Frankly speaking I had had very little time compared to my successors do have right now!
What I did, simply drawing up the maps, placing some facts, figuring the all aspects out and than putting my analysis at the end.
Consider for example, cold war doctrine- initiated by Indian combatants.
I drew up the loc, did mention geostrategic impact of such doctrine and drew the conclusion that India has competitive advantage but in case of direct confrontation, Pakistan's short term tetical weapons are more lethal than India's supposition.(its all about mininukes, anyhow nuclear trilemma is a big gambit that is a point of concern for Pakistan)
Anyhow mapping the facts had proven very useful to me in CA paper, and I attempted my paper in the same pattern.