Islamabad Policy Research Institute-IPRI

IPRI Threads|
Makkah Pact: Beyond Pax Americana

Senior Research Fellow, Ambassador Asif Durrani writes for The News,

"The Makkah Pact should therefore be judged not as the end of Pax Americana, but as a possible beginning of a post-Pax Americana regional order."

Makkah Pact: beyond Pax Americana For almost eight decades, the security architecture of West Asia rested upon what scholars came to describe as Pax Americana – a regional order underwritten by American military power,...

IPRI Threads|
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

Curated by International Law Researcher, Khadija Almus Khanum

IPRI Threads|
International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism

Curated by International Law Researcher, Khadija Almus Khanum

IPRI Trainings|
Strategic Communications Workshop

🗣️Featured Trainers for Day 2

Session IV - Strategic Communication in Practice:
Strategic Communications Practitioner, Awais Abbasi

Session V - Disinformation, Information Warfare and Crisis Communication:
Executive Director, Center for Communication Programs Pakistan, Ehtesham Abbas

📅 25 August
🕘 0930 hrs
📍Jinnah Hall, IPRI

📢Note: Registration is now closed.
Participation is strictly by invitation — only those who receive an email will be allowed to attend.

IPRI Trainings|
Strategic Communications Workshop

🗣️Featured Trainers for Day 1

Welcome Remarks: President IPRI, Lt Gen. Majid Ehsan

Introduction: Director Advocacy & Communications, Siddique Humayun

Session I - Information as an Instrument of National Power:
Director Communications, Siddique Humayun,
Editor, The News International, Aamir Ghauri,
and Pakistan Editor, Nukta Pakistan, Amber Shamsi

Session II - Mastering Advocacy for Policy Impact:
Results and Mainstreaming Lead, SEED, Usama Bakhtiar

Session III - AI, Digital Media and the Art of Digital Storytelling:
Founder, The Centrum Media, Talha Ahad

📅 24 August
🕘 0930 hrs
📍Jinnah Hall, IPRI

📢Note: Registration is now closed.
Participation is strictly by invitation — only those who receive an email will be allowed to attend.

📢Registrations for our Strategic Communications Workshop are now closed.

Selected candidates will be emailed within a day.

IPRI Trainings|
Strategic Communications Workshop

IPRI is back with its annual Strategic Communications Workshop next week.

Registrations are now open!
📢 Note: Registration closes on August 20, 1200hrs

Date: 24-25 August
Time: 0930hrs - 1600hrs
Venue: Jinnah Hall, IPRI
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenYEr3G3yg-ZSjSnoMdP4ub8nZ3EHPAeznG-OnXKE-4RDBIA/viewform

IPRI Opportunities|
Advocacy & Communications Internship

Internships for our Communications department are now open!

Apply here: https://ipripak.org/jobs/advocacy-and-communicationsinternship-at-ipri-2026/

IPRI Threads|
World Humanitarian Day

Curated by International Law Researcher, Iqra Bano Sohail



United Nations OCHA, World Health Organization (WHO), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

IPRI Trainings|
Strategic Communications Workshop

IPRI is back with its annual Strategic Communications Workshop next week.

Registrations are now open!
📢 Note: Registration closes on August 20, 1200hrs

Date: 24-25 August
Time: 0930hrs - 1600hrs
Venue: Jinnah Hall, IPRI
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSenYEr3G3yg-ZSjSnoMdP4ub8nZ3EHPAeznG-OnXKE-4RDBIA/viewform

IPRI Articles|
The Abeyance Trap: A Treaty That's Neither Alive Nor Dead

Research & Analysis Intern, Kalsoom Yousaf writes for The Times Union,

"..this act of India is a call for international legal bodies to pursue proper enforcement mechanisms as this is a violation of international law."

The Abeyance Trap: A Treaty That’s Neither Alive Nor Dead | The Times Union Opinion The Abeyance Trap: A Treaty That’s Neither Alive Nor Dead August 10, 2026 Share Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email Print Indus Waters Treaty survived through 1965, 1971 and even the Kargil conflict of 1999. Armies fought, cease-fires broke down, diplomacy failed, but representatives of both n...