Introduction Guest Lecture on “Management of Relations by China with India and Japan: Policy Lessons for Pakistan” by Mr. Fazal-ur-Rahman, Executive Director ‘Pakistan Council on China’, organized by Islamabad Policy Research Institute, on September 10, 2014 at IPRI Conference Hall. Salient Points
The well wishers of Pakistan-India relations were expecting that the recent exchanges of fire on the LOC and the verbal exchanges through media would be curbed during Foreign Secretary level talks scheduled in Islamabad on 25th August, 2014. All these expectations were
Pakistan and China enjoy a friendship which is based on trust, reciprocity, respect for each other and noninterference in each other’s internal affairs. It has been more than 63 years since diplomatic relations between the two countries were established. Over the period,
Post Event Report Conference on “Revisiting Kashmir Policy” One day Conference on ‘Revisiting Kashmir Policy’ was organized by Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) on January 30, 2014. Following are the proceedings of the conference. Ambassador Sohail Ameen, President IPRI, in his welcome
As Narendra Modi’s rise to prime ministerial slot is appearing increasingly certain, hawkish lobby in India is working in top gear and overtime to come out with all sorts of jingoistic ideas related to foreign policy—especially its Pakistan and China content. India’s
Much of what we know about the origin of early diplomacy is rooted in the experiences and practices of the ancient civilizations. “Amarna letters” reveal a glimpse of diplomatic relations between Egyptians and Mesopotamians in the late Bronze Age. Later, the “Megarian decree” was the first use of economic tools in foreign policy by any state, as sanctions levied by Athens against the city-state of Megara.
Joseph Nye articulated soft power as the capacity to attract and co-opt nations, guiding their actions in alignment with one’s interests. Nye introduced the term “soft power” in the 1990s in his seminal work, Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power. Nye accurately recognised that a nation’s capacity to use its cultural diplomacy on a global level helps shape its foreign policy beyond mere military strength.
The 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship still shapes India-Nepal relations, but many inNepal see it as lopsided. It opened borders, allowed free movement and gave India a sayin Nepal’s defence and foreign policy. Over time, this built deep dependence and leftKathmandu
On August 31, 2025, in the Chinese city of Tianjin, an unlikely diplomatic chapter was written. Pakistan, the sole United Nations member state that for decades refused to recognise Armenia, finally established formal diplomatic ties with Yerevan. The joint communiqué signed by Foreign Ministers Ishaq Dar and Ararat Mirzoyan was more than a perfunctory document, it was the symbolic dismantling of a deliberate policy of non-recognition that had cast a shadow over South Caucasus-South Asia relations for three decades.
Given its centrality to the heritage of Buddha civilisation, India uses culture and Buddhism as instruments of soft power in the projection of its foreign policy, aiming to maintain regional hegemony. India claims to uphold the principles of non-coercion and peaceful coexistence
