The resumption of intra-Afghan dialogue in Doha on January 5 is the beginning of the arduous and complicated journey towards peace. The two sides have agreed on the modalities of talks after three months of intense negotiations. All eyes are fixed on…
Written by Abdul Basit, Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His area of expertise lies in extremism, terrorism and political violence in South Asia. 11 January 2021
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Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) freedom struggle is not a new phenomenon. It is spanned over seven decades with several resolutions passed by United Nations (UN). Unlike many other movements for self-determination, struggle by Kashmiris against Indian illegal occupation is indigenous and reflects…
On January 5, 1947, the United Nations (UN) Security Council resolved to hold a plebiscite to ascertain the right of self-determination to the people of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) to decide their future status. Past and contemporary struggle germane to Kashmir dispute…
Its time the international community, especially the United States, acknowledge that.
Pakistan’s decision to join the global war on terrorism (GWOT) was the result of geostrategic imperatives and the international community’s call. Although the international community has always calculated Pakistan’s counterterrorism role through the…
The theoretical approaches of international relations such as Complex Interdependence and Regionalism explore the strategic dimensions associated with the economic corridors. Regionalism brings agreed-upon regional commitments into limelight in order to foster regional coordination for transforming pledges into actions. Through the process…
Only a decade back, it was almost unimaginable that India would find itself in this dark place globally where its perception would shift so radically – but the “Digital Age” is unleashing new challenges.
Chaos maybe the permanent feature of our reality…

IPRI Update for the Month of December 2020 has been issued.
For details, visit: IPRI Update December 2020
By Ilhan Niaz, author of The State during the British Raj: Imperial Governance in South Asia, 1700-1947 (OUP, 2019). He is currently working on his next book, New World Empires: Cultures of Power and Governance in the Americas. 07 January 2021…