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Corridors in South Asia: A Bumpy Road to Strategic Stability

Mar 18

Time Not Specified

Taimoor Chambers, 4rth Floor, 10-D (West), Fazal-ul-Haq Road, Blue Area, Islamabad

South Asia is once again at the cross roads of regional instability due to Indian’s electoral mongering. The crisis like situation created between India and Pakistan amid forth coming elections in India is a wakeup call for Pakistan and its state craft to revise its policy framework in order to keep pace with technological and economic innovations. The need of the time is to have a multilateral policy framework in practice with strong diplomatic lobbying in order to avoid any derails in the implementation of game fate changing projects such as China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

The panel seeks to explore the relationship between:

  1. Economic and strategic stability
  2. Geo-strategic partnerships and the global governance dynamics
  3. Technological innovation and exchange on regional stability. 
Speakers:
  • Senator Sehar Kamran (T.I.), Member Senate of Pakistan Forum for Policy Research (SFPR) (PPPP)
  • Mr. Imtiaz Gul, Executive Director, Centre of Research and Security Studies (CRSS)
  • Mr. Zahid Hussain, Senior Journalist, Author and Analyst
  • Ms. Amna Tauhidi, Visiting Lecturer, National Defence University (NDU)
  • Mr. Abbass Hassan, Research Associate, Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Paper Presentations by:
  • Ms. Amna Tauhidi, Visiting Lecturer, National Defence University & Research Associate, The Centre for Pakistan and Gulf Studies (CPGS)
  • Mr. M. Abbas Hassan, Research Associate, The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Event can be watch live at: https://sdpi.tv/live.php
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