IRS Institute Of Regional Studies

Home
RESEARCH SCHOLARS

 
 
M. ASHRAF AZIM
President, Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad
 
Congressional Fellow US Congress 1980-1981
Member, Congressional Fellows Association
Member, American Political Science Association
 
Areas of Focus
US-Pakistan: Complexities and Opportunities
Strategic Thinking on Foreign Policy Issues
India-Pakistan Peace Dialogue and New Bilateralism
FMCT
 
0092-51-9203967 Ext 101
Fax 0092-51-9204055
ashrafazim2000@yahoo.com
 
 
 
Bashir Ahmad
Senior Fellow
 
MSc War Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
MSc Defense and Strategic Studies, QAU
B.A Political Science and History, Punjab University, Lahore
 
Mr. Bashir Ahamd joined Pakistan Army in March 1950 as a cadet
 and retired in October 1982 from National Defence College where he was director of studies.
He is serving as a Senior Research Fellow and coordinate overall research done in the institute.
He has also served as Acting President of the institute many a times since 1982
 
Research Interests
Strategic and Security Issues
 
0092-51-9203567, 9204934 Ext: 102
Fax 0092-51-9204055
irssfellow@yahoo.com
 
 
Dr. Shaheen Akhtar
Research Fellow
 
Specialization
South Asia
Area of Current Research
Security & Development, Conflict Resolution, Intrastate Conflicts
Publications
Recent
Shaheen Akhtar & Suba Chandran, P.R. Chari, Tourism and Peacebuilding in Kashmir Special Report 281, United Institute for Peace (USIP), Washington DC, July 2011
         EMERGING CHALLENGES TO INDUS WATERS TREATY
         Issues of compliance & transboundary impacts of Indian hydroprojects on the Western River
Focus,VOL XXVIII NO.3-2010
 
Human Security and Extremism in Pakistan: Synergy and Conflict in Human Security Approach to Counter Extremism in South Asia: Relevance of Japanese Culture, Shaheen Afroz, ed., BIISS and Academic Press and Publishers Library, Dhaka, 2010
 
The Rationale of Restructuring SAARC: Issues and Modelaities, in The Restructuring of SAARC, Moonis Ahmar Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, 2010.
 
Managing Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Going Beyond LTTE in Ehsan Ahrari & Robert G. Wirsing, eds., Fixing
Fractured Nations: The Challenge of Ethnic Separatism in the Asia Pacific, (Palgrave Mcmillan: USA), 2010
 
Kashmir and Strategic Stability in South Asia, SASSI Paper No. 29, November 2009 
Lok Sabha Elections 2009: An analysis
 
"Indo-US Strategic Partnership: Implications for China"
Spotlight, Vol XXVIII, Nos. 1 & 2, Jan-Feb 2009
 
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:105
0092-51-9204055
irspak@comsats.net.pk
 
Farhat Perveen
Research Analyst/ In charge ‘Selections From the Regional Press
 
Specialization        
South Asia
Area of Interest
Internal/Political Affairs of South Asian Countries
Main Work
Sscrutinizing and Ccompiling South Asian internal affairs' press coverage for IRS fortnightly publication
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:118
0092-51-9204055
irspak@comsats.net.pk
 
Rizwan Zeb (on study leave)
Research Analyst
 
Specialization
Conflict Resolution, Low Intensity Conflicts, Non State Actors,
Central Asia Including Afghanistan, Defense & Strategic Studies in Indian Subcontinent
Area of Current Research
Southern Asia, Central Asia
Topical
Nuclear Issue, Defence/Military Issues in South Asia
Publications
Forthcoming
China & Central Asia, Indian Strategic Thought
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:109
0092-51-9204055
irspak@comsats.net.pk
 
Aarish U. Khan
Research Analyst
 
 Specialization
 Non-State Actors, Religious and Ethnic Movements and Conflict, Regional Security
 Area of Current Research
     Indo-Pak Relations
    Topical
     Siachen Glacier Dispute: Balancing the Incentives and Disincentives for Peace
 Publications
    Recent
    The Predicament of Muslim Empowerment in India
    Regional Studies, Vol. XXX, No.1 (Islamabad: 2012)
    Previous
     Sunni Ittehad Council: The Strengths and Limitations of Barelvi Activism against Terrorism,
    Center for Research and Security Studies (Islamabad: 2011)
  
     The Terrorist Threat and the Policy Response in Pakistan" SIPRI Policy Paper No. 11 (Stockholm: 2005)
   
     A Decade of Indian Economic Reforms and the Inflow of Foreign Investment Regional Studies, Vol. XXI, No. 2 (Islamabad: 2003)
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:120
0092-51-9204055
aarish777@gmail.com
 
Basharat Hussain
Research Scholar
 
Area of Current Research
South Asia
 Publications
Recent
“Indo-Afghan Relations: Pre- & Post-Taliban Developments”, Regional Studies, Vol. XXII, No.3, Summer 2004
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:118
0092-51-9204055
irspak@comsats.net.pk
 
Seher Abbas
Research Analyst
 
 Area of Current Research:
 Eurasia and Energy Security
  Topical
    Pakistan and Pipelineistan
 Publications
 ‘Sino-India Relations in the Wake of Instability in Pakistan: Will there be Strategic Convergence?”
  Asian Journal of Public Affairs (AJPA)-Issue 8, 2011. (printing stage)
 ‘Plurilateralism and Trade Facilitation: The Way Ahead for Intraregional Trade in South Asia’
  Asian Journal of Public Affairs (AJPA)-Issue 6, 2010.
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:104
0092-51-9204055
irspak@comsats.net.pk
 
Humera Iqbal
Research Scholar
 
Specialization
Central Asia, West Asia
Area of Current Research
 South Asia
Topical
Geo-Economic relations
Publications
Recent
"New Delhi - Kabul ties: Implications in the Region"
Regional Studies, Vol. XXVI, No. 3, Summer 2008
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:115
0092-51-9204055
irspak@comsats.net.pk
 
Sidra Tariq
Research Scholar
 
Specialization
International Relations, South Asia
Area of Current Research
 South Asia
Topical
SAARC, Separatist Movements
Publications
Recent
EU-SAARC: Comparative Analysis and Cooperative Framework
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:115
0092-51-9204055
irspak@comsats.net.pk
 
Syed Imran Sardar
Research Scholar
 
Specialization
Conflict Resolution, Human Security, South Asia
Area of Current Research
Regional
South Asia
Topical
Conflict Resolution and Socioeconomic Issues
Publications
Recent
Good Governance: The Achilles’ heel of South Asia; Is There a Way Forward? Vol. XXIX, No.4 Autumn 2011
 
Previous
Conflict Transformation: A paradigm shift in Indo-Pakistan Conflict, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, Spring 2011.  
 
India: Towards achieving MDGs in Education, Vol. XXVIII, No.3, summer 2010
 
Poverty Alleviation in South: Towards a Holistic Approach, Vol. XXVIII, No.1, winter 2009-10, Regional Studies, Islamabad 
 
‘Food Insecurity: A View from South Asia’, Vol. XXVII, No.3, summer 2009, Regional Studies, Islamabad
 
‘Conflict Transformation Approach and the Kashmir Issue: A new Perspective’, Vol. XXVI, No.4, autumn 2008 
 
Indian Experience of Globalization: An Overview, Vol. XXVI, No.3, summer 2008, Regional Studies, Islamabad 
        Regional Brief ‘September-October 2010’
 
 
0092-51-9204934 / 0092-51-9204865 Ext:114
0092-51-9204055
maan_shah@hotmail.com
 
 
 

Copyright 2011-2012- Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad  

www.irs.org.pk