East Asia is an economically integrated region. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which is expected to come into force in January 2022, are reflective of region’s economic integration. The regional countries’ collective drive towards economic growth has contributed towards region’s cohesion. The economic …
By Ozer Khalid, senior consultant and foreign policy expert. 22 August 2021 Article one of a two-part series Simmering Chinese-Indian border tensions heighten possibilities for an arms race in the Indo-Pacific and South Asian command theatres already on a nuclear knife’s edge, exacerbated by uncertainty in Afghanistan, turmoil a restive Occupied Kashmir, heated maritime escalation …
Syed Ali Zia Jaffery is a Research Associate at the Center for Security, Strategy and Policy Research at the University of Lahore.01 Febuarary 2021 One of the principle objectives that dictate a state’s foreign policy is to harmonize and ensconce its interests with those of other actors in the international system. To effectively do that, …
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India, the largest country in South Asia, once carried the mantle of anchoring peace and development in the region. It has gone exactly in reverse. The reason interestingly has not been a conscious departure from the Nehruvian secularism but a slow caving in to the atavistic tribal notions, rooted in a mythical past and its …
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Source The book “The Tragedy of US Foreign Policy How America’s Civil Religion Betrayed the National Interest” is written by Walter A. McDougall. McDougall is the Professor of History and International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania. He has authored numerous books, including the famous 1986 Pulitzer Prize winner “The Heaven and the Earth: A …
Post-event Report Ambassador Lecture on “Post-Brexit Foreign Policy: Future of Pakistan-UK Relations” Talk: Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) held third round of its “Ambassador Lecture Series” talk on September 4, 2018 at IPRI Conference Hall, Islamabad. British High Commissioner to Pakistan, H.E. Thomas Drew was invited as the guest speaker to share his views on …
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Pakistan is nearing its election and the political landscape of the country is flooded with campaigns featuring a lot of promises. Mainstream political parties have come up with their respective manifestos, and future programmes. But a debate or mention of foreign policy is altogether missing. The entire focus is on domestic issues. Unlike in Pakistan, …
Post-event Report One-day Media Workshop On “Foreign Policy and Diplomacy” General A one-day media workshop titled “Foreign Policy and Diplomacy” was organized by the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) on January 18, 2018 at the IPRI conference hall, Islamabad. The workshop consisted of one working session covered two sub-themes, i.e. “Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
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IPRI is one of the oldest non-partisan think-tanks on all facets of National Security including international relations & lawfare, strategic studies, governance & public policy and economic security in Pakistan. Established in 1999, IPRI is affiliated with the National Security Division (NSD), Government of Pakistan.
