Pakistan has evolved into two segments: the ultra-rich and the middle class Are Pakistanis willing for a change is an irrelevant question! They have already voted for a manifesto of change, and keep their fingers-crossed to realise a New Pakistan. But the
Biden’s step into the Presidential Office is considered as the dawn of a “new era” in the United States (U.S.). With the new administration coming in with a different agenda, it is interesting to speculate possible changes to the strategic architecture in
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 Pakistanis
On November 14th, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for further development of the 2016 Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) Development Plan which is based on Beijing’s ‘dual circulation strategy.’ The need to implement the YREB was necessitated over rising tensions with the
Post-Event Report One-Day Seminar on “Evolving Regional Dynamics and Future of Pakistan-Russia Relations” Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) organized a One-Day Seminar on “Evolving Regional Dynamics and Future of Pakistan-Russia Relations” on 02 May 2019, at the IPRI conference hall. The
Post-event Report Ambassador Lecture on “EU-Pakistan Relations: Challenges and Opportunities” Talk: Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) held first of its “Ambassador Lecture Series” on Wednesday 4, July 2018 at IPRI Conference Hall, Islamabad. European Union’s Ambassador, H.E. Jean-Francois Cautain was invited as
Arguably, the level of violence and terrorism has been managed in Pakistan to an extent. However, reports on the involvement of women in suicide attacks are gaining the shape of a pattern. This is alarming because approximately half of the population in
Russia’s growing interest in Afghan affairs is apparent from Moscow’s hosting of peace talks. The recent talks on ‘peace in Afghanistan’ were held in Moscow in the middle of April. Representatives from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Killing of Taliban leader Akhter Mansour was a gross error of judgement on America’s part. He had managed the Taliban very well as proxy of Mullah Omar for nearly two years after Omar’s death, and had succeeded in making them part of
We often forget that a significant proportion of refugees who now knock on the door of Europe are Afghans. Between January and December 2015, they were 200,000 to seek asylum in one of the EU countries. 6 times more than in 2014.
