China has established its footprints in the Indo-Pacific region while the US is trying to retain its stronghold. Other emerging players like Japan, Australia and India, as part of alliances, are also trying to gain influence in the region. The interests of various political actors in the region have instigated competitive tendencies. America’s strategic manoeuvring …
India, often termed as ‘mother of democracy’ with the epithet of ‘Shining India’ is actually a sham. In fact, the society is deeply polarised and the phenomenon of Hindutva has scaled new heights of fanaticism. The BJP-led government’s Hindutva ideology has exposed the real face of India, as a fake Union, where the so-called secularism …
THE Hindu nationalist political parties struggle towards constitutional empowerment has brought religion as a political and social factor in India. Whether, it has strengthened the country’s political culture or it has made India a Hindu democracy? India’s democracy and secular character are often cited as progressive tools. During initial years of independence, the Nehruvian policies …
In international politics, it was used to said that whoever controls the seas, controls the world. In contemporary times, it is not wrong to say that whoever controls the media, controls the minds. Media, eventually, has become the most powerful object on earth. It has the power to make the innocent guilty and to make …
India, the largest country in South Asia, once carried the mantle of anchoring peace and development in the region. It has gone exactly in reverse. The reason interestingly has not been a conscious departure from the Nehruvian secularism but a slow caving in to the atavistic tribal notions, rooted in a mythical past and its …
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General Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) organized a webinar on the “Afghan Peace Process: Role of Spoilers” on October 8, 2020. The distinguished panelists, invited to deliberate and provide their expert input on the subject, included Mr. Ihsan Ghani, Former DG IB & Ex-National Coordinator NACTA, who spoke on “Indian RAW and Afghan National Directorate …
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Introduction Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) organized a “Zoom Webinar” on the “Afghan Peace Process: Challenges and Prospects” on September 8, 2020. The distinguished panel, invited to deliberate and provide expert inputs on the subject, included Dr. Hussain Ali Yasa, Writer and Political Analyst, Afghanistan who spoke on the topic, “Future Contours of Afghan Polity: …
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In June last year, the BJP government pulled out of a coalition with the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party. Afterwards, India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir was put under governor’s rule. New Delhi’s latest move to abrogate Article 370 of the Indian constitution has ended the special status of occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The parliamentary bill to change the administrative …
IPRI is one of the oldest non-partisan think-tanks on all facets of National Security including international relations & law, strategic studies, governance & public policy and economic security in Pakistan. Established in 1999, IPRI is affiliated with the National Security Division (NSD), Government of Pakistan.
