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Thursday January 26, 2012 |
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Pakistan's Evolving Role in
Settling Region Issues
January 24, 2012- Roundtable Conference held with Royal Defence College Team, Denmark on 'Pakistan's Evolving Role in the Resolution of Regional Issues concerning Afghanistan, India and Middle East'. click here for detail |
LATEST PUBLICATIONS |
Upcoming Events
'Bangladesh Media Delegation's Visit to IRS'
February 6, 2012
*Attendance by invitation only |
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| Political Party Funding in Bangladesh-- Dr. Al Masud Hasanuzzaman Emerging Challenges to Indus Water Treaty- Issues of Compliance and Transboundary Impacts of Indian Hydroprojects on Western Rivers-- Dr. Shaheen Akhtar Selections From Regional Press- South Asian press coverage of India-Pakistan Peace Process, foreign affairs, internal affairs, economic, cultural and social affairs, defence, nuclear development, scientific research and space technology | ||||||||
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RECENT EVENTS January 17, 2012- Roundtable Conference held Prof. Sajjad Naseer, Lahore School of Economics on 'New Engagement Parameters with US'. ---------------------- January 11, 2012- Roundtable Conference held with Mr. Khurshid Mehmud Kasuri, Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan on 'Pak-India Peace Process: Its Current State and Prospects'. ----------------------
January 10, 2012-
Roundtable held with a delegation from Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace on 'Strategic Stability in South Asia'
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January 04, 2012- In-house
'Post Foreign Visit Conference' was
held with IRS scholars Ms. Sidra Tariq and Humera Iqbal upon their
return from China and India.
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December 28,
2011-Rountable held on 'Foreign Policy Challenges and Responses'
with Amb. B.A Malik.
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December 14,
2011-Roundtable conference was held with Dr. Shaheen Akhtar, Senior
Research Fellow, Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad on 'Kashmir:
A way Forward'.
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December 01,
2011-Roundtable conference was held with Prof. Zhou Rong, Cheif of South
Asia Bureau of the Guang Ming Daily,
China on 'China's
Perspective: Pak-US relationship'.
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A four member Media Delegation from Turkey visited IRS on 18 October
2011. President IRS welcomed the delegation and briefed them about
the Institute. Both
sides exchanged views about Turkey-Pakistan relations. At the end
a question and answer session was held.
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ARTICLES Muslims in India: A Bleak Past, An Uncertain Future Aarish U. Khan argues that Muslims would be better co-opted into Indian state through their inclusion into decision-making processes and increasing their stake in the system rather than trying to marginalize them at best and kill their distinct identity at worst.
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Indus Waters Across 50 Years:
A Comparative Study of The Management Methodologies of India and
Pakistan
Asma Yaqoob
states that despite progress, the management of Basin waters at present
is posing a number of challenges. Both India and Pakistan need to adopt
water-efficient practices at the public level besides maintaining
existing water infrastructure.
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Good Governance: The Achilles’ Heel of South Asia — is There a Way
Forward?
Syed Imran Sardar
argues that frequent changes
in political regimes have caused disastrous consequences for political,
economic and social governance in South Asia. Hence, institutional
problems have become more entrenched in the region as compared to other
regions in the world.
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Pak-Afghan ties in the Light of Pak-US Strategic Dialogue
Humera Iqbal
argues that both Pakistan and Afghanistan's own national security
interests demand that they come out of the their dependency on the US
and concentrate more on generating and mobilizing their own resources
and expertise to stabilize their economic sector.
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Problem
in Northeast India: A Case Study of Nagaland
Sidra Tariq
argues that Nagaland, today,
stands at a crossroads with a political environment that is changing but
is extremely vulnerable to the decisions and actions of the key players
involved. India, now needs to take 'conclusive political measures' in
the regional security perspective.
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REGIONAL BRIEFS  India-Pakistan Peace Process
Sidra Tariq
Afghanistan
Humera Iqbal
BOOKS
SOUTH ASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA: BUILDING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL LINKAGES
South Asian
Studies-VII
AFGHANISTAN: UNABATED TURMOIL
South Asian
Studies-VII
GLOBAL TERRORISM: GENESIS, IMPLICATIONS, REMEDIAL & COUNTERMEASURES CDs AVAILABLE Agra Summit14 - 16 July 2001 Agra Summit Clippings from South Asian Press Kargil Flareup 15 May 1999 - 13 August 2000 Coverage: Pakistani and Indian Press Pakistan - India Peace Process January 2004 - June 2005 In Five volumes in book form |
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About IRS |
IRS Journal |
Editor's Note |
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| The Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) is an independent, non-profit research centre devoted to the study of the region around Pakistan: South Asia, Southwest Asia (Iran, Afghanistan and the Gulf), China, Central Asia as well as the Indian Ocean region. It also studies and analyses policies of major power centers towards South Asia. The Institute was set up in March 1982. It is considered one of Pakistan's leading think tanks. The Institute covers...read more |
 Regional
Studies
is a
quarterly journal published by the Institute of Regional Studies. All
papers appearing in this journal are peer-reviewed and subsequently
revised by the authors in the light of the reviews before being finally
accepted for publishing. Latest
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Scholars who have an interest in the regional affairs are invited to contribute to the journal. For further information please contact.. Abul Barakat Saleem Raza (Asst) 92 (051) 9204934 | ||||||
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