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Situation in AJK: Youth’s Perspective

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Governance and Political System in Pakistan

Governance and PoliticsPakistan AffairsResearchResearch Report

Pakistan is witnessing a broad political and policy debate on governance, with issues such as the ...

Five Years On: Assessing Governance, Stability and Foreign Relations under Taliban Rule

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This analysis by Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice-Chairman IPS and the former ambassador of Pakistan to Afghanistan, ...

The Makkah Agreement: A New Strategic Layer in Pakistan’s Security Calculus

Pakistan AffairsPolicy InsightsResearchSecurity and Foreign Policy

This analysis by Brig (r) Tughral Yamin, Senior IPS Associate, examines the strategic significance of the ...

Five Years On: Assessing Governance, Stability and Foreign Relations under Taliban Rule

International RelationsPakistan and its NeighboursPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Dr Lutfur Rahman, Senior Research Fellow at IPS, assesses five years of Taliban ...

From Gaza to Iran: Where Is the Dignified Way Out of War?

Global Issues and PoliticsInternational RelationsPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Masood Abdali, senior IPS Research Associate, examines the search for a political and ...

Pakistan–Saudi Arabia–Turkiye Defence Pact: Towards a New Regional Security Architecture or a Limited Strategic Understanding?

Global Issues and PoliticsInternational RelationsPolicy InsightsResearch

The article analyzes the emerging Pakistan–Saudi–Türkiye defence pact, an extension of the 2025 Pakistan-Saudi ...

The Changing Character of War: Towards a New Global Security Architecture

Global Issues and PoliticsInternational RelationsPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Said Nazir, senior associate, IPS, examines the changing character of modern warfare and ...

IPS Chairman Delivers Session at AHKNCRD Training Course on Local Government Systems

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Dr. Khalid Rehman, Chairman, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, participated as a resource person at ...

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Research

Pipeline Politics in Afghanistan: The Great Game Returns

International RelationsPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Dr. Tughral Yamin, Senior IPS Associate, examines the renewed geopolitics of energy and connectivity in ...

Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations: From Strategic Patience to Strategic Recalibration

International RelationsPakistan and its NeighboursPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Dr. Tughral Yamin, Senior IPS Associate, examines Pakistan-Afghanistan relations amid growing tensions over terrorism, border ...

Beyond Tax Collection: Towards a Comprehensive Tax Policy for Pakistan

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This analysis by Zafar ul Hasan Almas, former Joint Chief Economist and Senior Research Associate, IPS, and Dr. ...

Iran-US War: Strategic Dynamics, Constraints, and the Elusive Endgame

Global Issues and PoliticsInternational RelationsPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Said Nazir, Senior IPS Associate, examines the strategic dynamics, constraints, and uncertain endgame of the ...

Pakistan’s Economy in Fiscal Year 2025-26: Macroeconomic Stabilization and the Challenge of Sustainable Growth

EconomyPakistan AffairsPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Zafar ul Hasan Almas, former Joint Chief Economist and Senior Research Associate, IPS; and Dr. ...

From Makkah to Istanbul: Turning a Defense Pact into a Strategic Alliance

Pakistan AffairsPolicy InsightsResearchSecurity and Foreign Policy

This analysis by Tughral Yamin, Senior IPS Associate, examines the Istanbul meeting of Pakistan, Türkiye, and Saudi ...

From Makkah to Tehran: Can Pakistan Bridge the Gulf’s Deepening Security Divide?

Pakistan AffairsPolicy InsightsResearchSecurity and Foreign Policy

This analysis by Tughral Yamin, Senior IPS Associate, examines Pakistan’s diplomatic role amid the deepening security divide ...

Turning Distributed Energy Assets into a National Grid Resource

EnergyPakistan AffairsPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Faryal Qazi, Research Officer, IPS, examines how Pakistan can transform growing consumer-owned distributed energy resources ...

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Global Rupture to Multipolarity: What are the Options for Pakistan?

The decades-long established world order is weakening, but what comes next, and where does Pakistan fit in? As ...

Is China Reshaping US–EU Relations? What It Means for Pakistan? | Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi

How is the China factor reshaping US–EU relations and pushing Europe toward strategic autonomy? In this discussion, ...

‘There is a need to reclaim the historiography’ | Prof Dr Bülent Şenay (Turkiye)

'There is a need to reclaim the historiography', says Prof Dr Bülent Şenay (Department of Philosophy and ...

Pak-Russia Cooperation in International Platform & Evolving Foreign Policy’ | Dr Saira Nawaz Abbasi

Dr Saira Nawaz Abbasi, senior assistant professor, Department of Politics and IR, Bahria University, Islamabad, delivering a presentation ...

‘Converging Pakistan-Russia Strategic Interests in the Transforming Global Order’ | Taimur Fahad Khan

Taimur Fahad Khan, research associate, Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, delivering a presentation on 'Converging Pakistan-Russia Strategic Interests ...

‘Pakistan-Russian Ties in a Multipolar World: Opportunities and Challenges’ | Prof Dr Adam Saud

Prof Dr Adam Saud, dean Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad, addressing a hybrid seminar ‘...

‘The Impact of Russia-Ukraine war on Pakistan-Ukraine Relations | Brig (r) Tughral Yamin

Brig (r) Tughral Yamin, former associate dean, Centre of International Peace and Stability, NUST, delivering a presentation on ...

The background and significance of Kashmir Solidarity Day | Amb (r) Abrar Hussain

Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain, vice chairman, IPS, addressing a session on ‘Kashmir Solidarity and Voices of Youth’, ...

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