President Obama’s April 2014 visit to Asian counties has reinforced the concerns about America letting China rise peacefully. During this visit Obama reassured Washington’s allies ‘in the face of threats to stability from North Korea and an increasingly assertive China’. He conveyed…
April 5 elections were not the first elections in Afghanistan, but they may turn as the most important political event in contemporary Afghan history. With the contours of Afghanistan’s political transition becoming clearer, activity has picked-up momentum for post elections’ political settlement.…
History of India-Pakistan relations in the context of Kashmir dispute is witness that India has been pursuing a strategy of delaying the resolution of Kashmir dispute and taking steps to ultimately making Kashmir as its integral part. India has posed hurdles to…
Post-Event Report
Delegation of SAM Azerbaijan Visits IPRI
A three-member delegation of Centre for Strategic Studies under the President of Republic of Azerbaijan (SAM), Azerbaijan, visited IPRI on March 5, 2014.
SAM scholars expressed their goodwill for Pakistan. They said that…
Like Pakistan’s elections in 2013, high voter turnout is also the feature of ongoing elections in India and Afghanistan. It will be interesting to see how these heavily mandated governments perform in the field of regional stability. Both these countries constitute Pakistan’s…
It is a matter of great concerns for Pakistan that the United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility for the two high-intensity bomb blast, first took place in Jaffer Express, at Sibi railway station on April 8, 2014 in which at least 17…
بھارتی لوک سبھا کے انتخابات کے لئے ووٹنگ کا عمل جاری ہے ۔اسی دوران 7 اپریل کو بی جے پی نے اپنا انتخابی منشور جاری کیا۔منشورکمیٹی کے سربراہ ڈاکٹر مرلی منوہر جوشی تھے،اس منشور میں دیگر باتوں کے علاوہ یہ بھی کہا…
Last week saw some interesting developments: acts of high profile militancy and terrorism were disowned and condemned by the TTP in very strong words indicating a change of mindset; fierce infighting within the TTP cadres indicated its eroding integrity as a single…
قیامِ پاکستان کے بعد پاکستان کی خارجہ پالیسی کے بنیادی مقاصد یہ رہے ہیں کہ اپنے ہمسایہ ملکوں سمیت عالمی برادری کے سبھی ارکان کے ساتھ برابری اور عدم مداخلت کے اصولوں کی بنیاد پر خوشگوار تعلقات قائم رکھے جائیں۔اپنے اس مقصد…
Millions of Afghans defied Taliban threats and rain, thus underscoring their enormous hope from the elections. As NATO/ISAF continue to draw-down, country's new leader will find an altered landscape as the country's wobbly security forces struggle to face down a ferocious insurgency…