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  • IPCS Discussion
    'Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of Pakistan'
    Report.    ·   29 Jan, 2017    ·    #5226    ·    Commentary    
    On 18 January 2017, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted an interaction with historian and political scientist Dr Hein Kiessling, who spoke on the issues covered in his latest book, titled 'Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Int ...
  • India-Pakistan
    Line (Out) of Control?
    Joy Mitra.    ·   06 Jan, 2017    ·    #5219    ·    Commentary    
    The Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan is witnessing a fresh spiral of violence post the Indian “surgical” strikes of 29 September 2016. The spike in violence seems to suggest that the ceasefire agreement of 2003 between t ...
  • India, Afghanistan and the Heart of Asia: Reading Between the Lines
    Sarral Sharma.    ·   03 Jan, 2017    ·    #5217    ·    Commentary    
    On 4 December 2016, the sixth ministerial conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on Afghanistan concluded in Amritsar, India. The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced their concern over c ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    IPCS-Stimson Center Roundtable on South Asia
    Report.    ·   31 Dec, 2016    ·    #5214    ·    Commentary    
    In the 9th interaction under its Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series, IPCS, in collaboration with Stimson Center, organised a roundtable on South Asia on Thursday, 8 December 2016.  In Session I, Amb (Retd) Salman Haidar (Patron, IPCS, ...
  • J&K Focus
    The Ominous Calm is both Good and Bad for J&K
    Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain.    ·   31 Dec, 2016    ·    #5213    ·    Commentary    
    After the 2013 hanging of Afzal Guru, many had expected that the Valley would boil. Nothing much happened, leading people to inquire from Kashmiris as to why this was so. Friends from Kashmir often say that people from the Valley do not respond to ...
  • Pakistan's New Army Chief and the Indo-Pak Dialogue Process
    Sarral Sharma.    ·   29 Nov, 2016    ·    #5194    ·    Commentary    
    On 26 November 2016, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif confirmed the appointment of Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as the new Chief of the Army Ataff (COAS). Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat takes the charge as the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Com ...
  • J&K Focus
    An Opportunity to Bring Heart Back to Kashmir
    Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain.    ·   28 Nov, 2016    ·    #5193    ·    Commentary    
    Something that escaped most observers even as queues at ATMs increased and worries about the next purchase of vegetables kept attention focused, is the sudden quieting of the situation in the Kashmir Valley. In ferment since 08 July 2016, when Burh ...
  • Restraint to Retribution: Modi’s New Normal and Nawaz Sharif’s Challenge
    Lt Gen Arvinder Singh Lamba.    ·   25 Nov, 2016    ·    #5190    ·    Commentary    
    India’s response by a surgical counter-strike by Special Forces on launch pads against terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC) to infiltrate inside Indian Territory was the beginning of a natural but formidable exhibition of the changing po ...
  • Gen Raheel Sharif’s Superannuation: Evolving Scenarios
    Portia B. Conrad.    ·   23 Nov, 2016    ·    #5189    ·    Commentary    
    If the retirement of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif transpires in November 2016, it could have significant strategic implications for Pakistan. Until January 2016, it was expected that Gen Sharif, like his predecessors Gen A ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    "Our Bilateral Relations"
    Report.    ·   02 Nov, 2016    ·    #5165    ·    Commentary    
    On 24 October 2016, under its Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series, IPCS hosted H.E. Mr Abdul Basit, High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to India, who spoke on “Our Bilateral Relations.” The introductory remarks and tr ...
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