We saw last week, that a Trump presidency would, at first sight, be rather bad news for the Afghan conflict and for US-Pakistan relations. But would Clinton, as president, do better? While the former First Lady and Secretary of State has a…
THIS is not the way of engaging a country like Pakistan as suggested in an article, appeared in the Lawfareblog on April 11,2016, titled ‘A New Way of Engaging Pakistan’ by C. Christine Fair, a US scholar known for writing series of…
The strategic ties between Pakistan and China have been on an upward trajectory with moved thrust on economic interaction after the initiation of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project since 2013. CPEC is a revolution in the field of economics. Under CPEC,…
The success rate of confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan has remained unimpressive so far, especially in terms of creating an enabling environment for conflict resolution. The bilateral dialogue has been in a stalemate for about a decade, primarily because of the…
In the last one year there has been a substantive improvement in Pakistan’s internal security dimension and its economy has also shown some stability. The progress on the implantation of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has also been satisfactory. Peace and harmony now…
IPRI Newsletter for the Month of April 2016 has been issued.
For details, visit: IPRI Newsletter April 2016
ہندوستان کے پانچ صوبوں ’’ مغربی بنگال ‘‘ ، ’’ تامل ناڈو ‘‘ ، ’’ کیرالہ ‘‘ ، ’’ آسام ‘‘ اور ’’ پانڈی چری ‘‘ میں چار اپریل تا سولہ مئی تک چھ مختلف مراحل میں عام صوبائی انتخابات ہوئے اور…
Pakistan’s nuclear policy is a product of both mistrust toward the U.S. and threat perceptions vis-a-vis India.
Security threats from India and Pakistan-U.S. mistrust on nuclear non-proliferation are both important drivers of Pakistan’s nuclear policy and factors contributing to Pakistan’s dependence on nuclear…
Research Articles
Critical Reflections on the Reality of Drone Warfare: Thinking with Jean Baudrillard
Dr Syed Sami Raza and Ghazala Rafi
Drone technology has transformed warfare. The authors contextualise how this technology has changed the face or rather ‘facelessness’ of war, especially on…
(ڈیڈیئر شودت ( خصوصی تحریر
سال 2016کا آغاز سرد جنگ کی اسی خطرناک روش سے ہوا کہ سعودی عرب اور ایران کے مابین کھلی محاذ آرائی کچھ عرصے کے لئے جاری تھی ۔ ان دونوں ریاستوں کی کشیدگی نے یمن اور شام کی…