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Badalti Dunya Main Ubharta Cheen Aur Pak Cheen Taluqat

Badalti Dunya Main Ubharta Cheen Aur Pak Cheen Taluqat (Rising China in the Changing World and Pak-China Relations), gives an elaborate expose of China's More...

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US-PAKISTAN Ties

The US and Pakistan. Allies for decades. Military allies. Political Allies. Allies of convenience and mutual need. But now that need is being overshadowed by outrage.

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Challenges to Pakistan’s Nuclear Program and FMCT

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Islamabad held a seminar titled “Challenges to Pakistan’s Nuclear Program & FMCT” on January 19, 2012. The speakers included: Ambassador (r) Tariq Osman Hyder, Lt. Gen (r) Asad Durrani, former DG ISI and Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal

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DG. IPS Khalid Rahman participated in a panel discusion along with Robert G. Wirsing, Visiting Professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar and Anil Pandey, an Indian journalist currently working in Beijing, on the issue of Kashmir and Pak-India relations on China Radio International (CRI) on October 26, 2011.

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In the wake of prolonged global recession and the movement to occupy the Wall Street, the Institute of Policy Studies Islamabad (IPS) organized a seminar on “Current Crisis of Capitalism”, which was addressed by leading experts on economics including Senator Professor Khurshid Ahmad.

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Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad and Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad jointly conducted a lecture-series on “Tasawwur-e-ilm Aur Taleem”.......

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The attacks on Pakistani border posts in Mohmand agency on 27th November 2011 by NATO forces and Pakistan’s response to the attacks may become a defining moment in the already difficult Pak-US relations. … See Director General Khalid Rahman’s analysis

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What the Future Holds for US-Pakistan ties

Whatever may be the outcome of the promised US investigation into the attacks on Pakistani posts on Nov 27, certain facts are already known ....,Writes Khalid Rahman in China Daily(2011-12-13)

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Farewell Reception to Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan

On November 22, 2011 a farewell reception to the outgoing ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan H. E. Oybek Arif Usmanov was organized. Mr. Akram Zaki, former secretary foreign affairs GoP and member IPS National Academic Council, Prof. Khurhsid Ahmad, Chairman IPS and former ambassador of Pakistan Mr. Ayaz Wazir spoke on the occasion.

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Farewell Reception to Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan

In a bid to farewell the ambassador of Iran to Pakistan H.E. Masha’Allah Shakeri, a farewell reception was hosted in his honour by Institute of Policy Studies on October 31, 2011. A select gathering of senior former diplomats and intellectuals attended the reception.

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The latest issue of IPS biannual Urdu journal “Nuqta-e-Nazar” (Issue no. 31, October 2011-March 2012) has been published.

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Badalti Dunya Main Ubharta Cheen Aur Pak Cheen Taluqat (Rising China in the Changing World and Pak-China Relations), gives an elaborate expose of China's immense and continuously rising politico-economic clout at global level

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Recognizing the support provided by Feroza Hasham (FH) Foundation, a private and family trust, in facilitating the construction of the seminar hall at the new IPS premises the Institute held a special ceremony on Sep 29, 2011.

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China Today and Tomorrow: Role of Communist Party of China

On July 6, 2011 a roundtable meeting with the Vice Minister of Communist Party (CPC) of China Chen Jin was organized. Mr. Akram Zaki chaired the session.

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Annual Meeting of National Academic Council

The National Academic Council (NAC) is a steering body of IPS that provides guidelines for the Institute to design its research activities and improve its performance. The NAC annual meeting 2011 was held on May 21, 2011.

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A roundtable session organized on June 21, 2011 with the representatives of Wifaqul-Madaris Al-Arabia to discuss different avenues for teachers training.

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Turkey Today: Emerging Ideological Scenario

The historical significance of Turkey in regional and international affairs as well as its key role in the affairs of the Muslim World can hardly be overemphasized.

European Perspectives on Middle East Affairs

The European engagement in Near Eastern affairs is neither a recent development nor limited to political and economic domain. The Christian faith that largely shapes the European mind and landscape traces its heritage to the ancient Near East.

War-a Tool for Political Ends The Evolution of Israel’s Military Psychology

The history of Zionist Movement and its role in the establishment of the State of Israel traces the importance of war, violence, and use of force from the very start. Considering the challenges to the project of creating a Jewish State in an area which was inhibited by an overwhelming Arab majority

Understanding the situation in Afghanistan and its implications on the Central Asian region requires a deep analysis of three important aspects: the security problem in Afghanistan from its genesis to the current dynamics, its spillover effect on the neighboring region, and options and choices available to the regional countries in general and Central Asian Republics in particular.

Obama’s Middle East Initiative A Comparative Analysis

Since 1967 Middle East – as a region has been a test of US' commitments to its allies on one hand and commitment to liberal values that form its very basis; on the other.

Looking at the current economic and financial crisis, one finds that it has been produced mainly by internal factors in the global capitalistic milieu. At the root of it are moral problem, wealth aggrandizement, greed, exploitation, and a system in which economy remains

Taliban and Islamic Courts Union: How They Changed the Game in Afghanistan and Somalia?

An analytical look at the unique social mobilization capacity shown by revolutionary Islamic movements in two war-torn countries.

Intolerance of Islam and Muslims’ way of life has been on the rise in various European countries particularly during last few years.

Sino-Iran Relations Current Developments and Future Scenario

Bilateral relations of China and Iran, after having witnessed many ups and downs in the past, have been growing steadily in the recent years. A genial relationship between the two not only connects three regions; East Asia, West Asia and Central Asia, but also has the potential to positively affect the prevalent regional as well as global politics.

Should Pakistan Abolish or Retain Capital Punishment?

While Pakistan needs to review its laws and practices in respect of the death penalty, its outlawing or abandoning the practice altogether would be unconstitutional and highly unpopular

In the contemporary dynamics of Middle East, United States is the major global power that influences the internal and external affairs of the region and shapes the initiatives for peace or dynamics of war therein.

There is an urgent need to deliberate upon the system of education, particularly at higher levels, and the foundations upon which it has to be established.

The pattern of US aid flows to Pakistan shows that it has not been used to promote democracy in Pakistan; in fact, it has undermined it.

Sino-Pak Relations and Xinjiang: Writings of Pakistani Scholars

A thorough study and analysis of how Pakistani writers have been writing on China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Elections in Indian Held Kashmir and the Kashmir Dispute

2008 state assembly elections in IHK have generated several significant issues that have relevance to the future dispensation of the Kashmir issue

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