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Gaza Conflict Has Reshaped Regional Dynamics and Exposed Weaknesses in Global Order: Experts

Responsible AI Governance and Human Oversight Essential as Pakistan Navigates AI Shift: Experts

Pakistan Needs Diplomacy, Better Water Management to Address Water-Security Challenges: Experts

Call for Accessible, Culturally Rooted ADR Mechanisms in Pakistan

Informed understanding of Constitution, international law vital for Pakistan’s global role: Ahmer Bilal Soofi

IPS Working Group on Kashmir Deliberates on Contemporary Situation and Way Forward

9/11 transformed global order and weakened international legal framework: Mushahid Hussain Sayed

Understanding India’s strategic culture requires historical perspective and critical inquiry: IPS brainstorming discussion

America’s enduring tension between founding ideals and interventionism continues to shape global order: IPS seminar

Governance reforms, consumer-centric approach critical to DISCO privatization: IPS roundtable

Situation in AJK: Youth’s Perspective

IPS holds memorial session for Dr. Umer Chapra and Dr. Naquib al-Attas

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Bhagwat’s Political Signaling: Policy Recalibration or Political Space for the BJP?

International RelationsPakistan and its NeighboursPolicy InsightsResearch

This analysis by Dr. Waleed Rasool, Senior IPS Associate, examines Mohan Bhagwat’s recent statements on ...

A Strategy of Political Marginalization to Structural Disenfranchisement

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This analysis by Iftikhar Gilani, senior journalist, examines India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral ...

Governance and Political System in Pakistan

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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

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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

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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?

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

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War Against the Houthis: Pakistani Military’s Minimum Threshold for Involvement

Pakistan AffairsPolicy InsightsResearchSecurity and Foreign Policy

This Insight by Dr Tughral Yamin examines the minimum thresholds for Pakistan’s military involvement in the Houthi–...

Rapid Forces in Saudi Arabia: How Far Should Pakistan Go?

Pakistan AffairsPolicy InsightsResearchSecurity and Foreign Policy

This Policy Insight by Dr Tughral Yamin examines the transition of the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement from political ...

Pakistan’s Tightrope Act in the Houthi–Saudi War

Pakistan AffairsPolicy InsightsResearchSecurity and Foreign Policy

This Insight by Dr Tughral Yamin examines the reports of Pakistan Air Force’s fighter jets allegedly operating ...

Houthi Attacks on Saudi Arabia: Escalation, Strategic Pressure, and Regional Implications

Global Issues and PoliticsInternational RelationsPolicy InsightsResearch

This Insight by Dr Tughral Yamin examines the strategic objectives behind recent Houthi missile and drone attacks on ...

Mob Lynching in India, 2014–2024: Patterns, Drivers and Institutional Responses

International RelationsPakistan and its NeighboursPolicy InsightsResearch

This Insight by Dr. Waleed Rasool examines the reported pattern of mob lynching and communal violence against Muslims ...

Guterres’s Farewell Visit: A Tribute to Pakistan’s Peace Diplomacy

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This Insight by Dr. Tughral Yamin analyzes UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s farewell visit to Pakistan and ...

Indus Waters Treaty: Preventing Water from Becoming a Weapon

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This Insight by Dr Tughral Yamin examines the growing India-Pakistan water dispute and the implications of placing the ...

From Glaciers to Grids: Building Climate Resilience into Pakistan’s Energy Transition

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This Insight by Faryal Qazi examines the growing intersection between climate risks and Pakistan’s energy transition. It ...

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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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