Pakistan and Qatar have signed a worth $16 billion deal of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for a period of 15 years. Pakistan has been suffering through a severe energy crisis and the import of LNG from Qatar would be a positive step…
IPRI Newsletter for the Month of January 2016 has been issued.
For details, visit: IPRI Newsletter January 2016
IPRI One-day Conference
3 March 2016
بیرونی دنیا میں یوں تو اس بات کا پراپیگنڈہ کیا جاتا ہے کہ پاکستان میں تعلیمی شعبہ پر مذہبی انتہا پسند قابض ہیں مگر اس ضمن میں بھارت کی صورتحال تب عیاں ہوئی جب نیو یارک ٹائمز نے اپنی ستائیس جنوری کی…

The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) organized a review meeting on “Russia’s Revival: Opportunities and Limitations for Pakistan” in IPRI Conference Hall on December 11, 2015.
Introduction
Vladimir Putin has been Russia's dominant political figure since 2000 and Russia under him is reasserting its…

Introduction:
Seven Arab states border the Persian Gulf, namely Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). All Persian Gulf states are monarchies. All these Arab states have significant revenues from petroleum. However, the Gulf region has long…
Way Forward for KSA and Iran - Asiya Mahar
On Jan 02, 2016 Saudi Arabia executed 47 prisoners across the kingdom that were found of being associated with al-Qaeda and for carrying out series of attacks across the kingdom in 2003 and 2004.…
Oil, Economy and Middle East - Asiya Mahar
Friday, January 15, 2016 - Oil has remained a driver of economy, a geo-strategic non-renewable energy resource, and a commodity that even today affects everyone. Economists opine that there has been paradigm shift in oil…

Introduction
Iran’s nuclear deal with P5+1 has ended the standoff between Iran and the United States. The study aims at identifying the salient points of the agreement and its implications on the region.
Iran has been a beneficiary of US Administration’s Atom for Peace…
Cooperation between India and Pakistan as major countries of South Asia entails lot of opportunities for regional prosperity and stability. One of the important imperatives of regional security lies in their better relations that in return will uplift socio-economic development of the…