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Panel Discussion by IPRI 04/02/2016

Pakistan’s Relations with Gulf States

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…

Newspaper Article by IPRI 02/02/2016

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Way Forward for KSA and Iran

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.…

Newspaper Article by khalid 28/01/2016

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Pakistan’s difficult mission

Pakistan is undertaking a difficult mission to diffuse tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has a natural inkling for this sort of enterprise—indeed a romance. Theoretically it seem all too simple, however, practically it touches the boundary of…

Newspaper Article by Muhammad Nawaz 19/01/2016

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SCO AND REGIONAL SECURITY

As a confidence-building mechanism to resolve border disputes, the foundation of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) comprising China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan was laid down. The decision to create SCO was made 14 years ago. Today, SCO has emerged as an…

Newspaper Article by khalid 12/01/2016

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Sailing through Arab-Ajam Syndrome!

All indicators point that ongoing tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have peaked off. Both are poised to continue struggling with the debris of over-reaction, however. In the first place Iran over-reacted to execution of a Saudi national by the Saudi government;…

Newspaper Article by Amna Ejaz Rafi 05/01/2016

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Australia-India Uranium Deal

Australia-India uranium deal is a marked shift to the Australian principled policy of supplying uranium to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) signatory countries. India despite being a non-NPT state would be the recipient of Australian uranium. Initially, Indian request for uranium sale was…

Newspaper Article by khalid 14/07/2015

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SCO comes of Age

President Vladimir Putin opened the 2015 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit by announcing the acceptance of Pakistan and India as members. He said Belarus would obtain observer status, joining Afghanistan, Iran and Mongolia, while Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia and Nepal would be welcomed…

Special Focus by khalid 06/04/2015

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Between the devil and the deep blue sea!

When the parliament meets today, treasury benches will have a lot to answer; there is a huge gap between the Pakistani and Saudi positions regarding the ongoing role of Pakistan in Yemen crisis—positions vary between meek denial by Pakistan and total embrace…

Newspaper Article by khalid 21/01/2015

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Pope and I are not Charlie!

Mercifully, the pendulum has swung back to sanity. Pope Francis has stated that there were limits to freedom of speech and said other people’s religion could not be insulted or mocked. The pope made the comments in relation to attacks by gunmen…

Newspaper Article by IPRI 09/12/2014

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Bridging the Trust Deficit

There are no permanent friends and foes in international affairs. This has been proved in the case of Tehran and Riyadh. Though the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia often tend to controvert each other on different issues, when it comes…

Pakistan’s Relations with Gulf States

Way Forward for KSA and Iran

Pakistan’s difficult mission

SCO AND REGIONAL SECURITY

Sailing through Arab-Ajam Syndrome!

Australia-India Uranium Deal

SCO comes of Age

Between the devil and the deep blue sea!

Pope and I are not Charlie!

Bridging the Trust Deficit

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