Research Articles
1.South Asia’s Monsoonal Congeniality: India as a Senior Peer
Amb. Shamshad Ahmad Khan *
Citation: *Ambassador Shamshad Ahmad Khan served as Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary (1997–2000), and also as ambassador to South Korea, Iran and permanent Representative to the United Nations.
2. ASEAN at Crossroads: Strengthening Regional Unity and Malaysia’s Leadership in 2025
H.E. Amb. Dato’ Mohammad Azhar Mazlan *
Citation: *H.E. Amb. Dato’ Mohammad Azhar Mazlan is High Commissioner of Malaysia to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
3. Sub-National Diplomacy: Alternative Pathways to Stability and Conflict Transformation in Nigeria and Pakistan
Dr Ifedayo Grace Malachi*
Dr Summar Iqbal Babar **
Citation: *Ifedayo Grace Malachi (PhD) is a Lecturer, Department of Political Science and International Diplomacy, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. She can be reached at: malachi.ifedayo@bouesti.edu.ng
** Summar Iqbal Babar (PhD) is a Research Fellow, Academy of International Affairs NRW, Bonn, Germany. He can be reached at: s.babar@aia-nrw.org
4. NATO’s Role in Shaping International Peace for Smoother Readability
Yevhenii Taran*
Mykola Taranenko** & Tetyana Kuly ***
Citation:* Yevhenii Taran is a PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor, Global and National Security Department, Educational and Scientific Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine. E-mail: tvkurus1@ukr.net
** Mykola Taranenko is a PhD in Law, Senior Lecturer, Department of Information, Business and Administrative Law, Faculty of Sociology and Law, National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Kyiv, Ukraine.
*** Tetyana Kulyk is a Candidate of Historical Sciences. Senior Research Officer, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Audit, Faculty of Finance and Economics, Dnipro University of Technology, Dnipro, Ukraine.
5. The Fallacies of Presentism in Post-9/11 Terrorism Studies: The Case of Pakistan
Ayesha Jawad*
Citation: *Ayesha Jawad holds an LLM in International Law with International Relations from the University of Kent, UK. She has worked as an Assistant Professor of Law at Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Law at Liverpool Hope University, UK, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. She can be reached at jawada@hope.ac.ukent of Peace & Conflict Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad
6. The Diffusion of Emerging Technologies into Pakistan’s Militant Landscape and Its Implications
Abdul Basit *
Citation: *Abdul Basit is a Senior Associate Fellow and head of South Asia desk at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore. He specializes in South Asian security issues with a primary focus on terrorism and religious extremism in the AF-Pak region. He can be reached at isabasit@ntu.edu.sg.UK
https://journal.ipripak.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Article-6-IPRI-Journal-XXV-II-Abdul-Basit.pdf
7. Hydro-politics of the Indus and Yarlung Tsangpo: Conduits of Conflict between India, China and Pakistan
Dr Asia Mukhtar *
Citation: *Dr. Asia Mukhtar is an Assistant Professor at Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore.
8. Artificial Intelligence for Climate Resilience: The Case of Pakistan
Syed Haider Ali* & Dr Ramzan Shahid**
Citation: *Syed Haider Ali is a PhD scholar, Department of Political Science and IR at University of Gujrat. He can be reached at: haider47208@outlook.com
** Dr Ramzan Shahid is Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and IR at University of Gujrat.
Book Reviews
- “Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China” reviewed by: Sumayya Farooq
- “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America”, reviewed by: Faraz Ali Memon
- “Recrudescence of TTP Violence: Its Causes and Possible Remedies” reviewed by: Anees Wadud
- “NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI” reviewed by: Raja Momin Ali Shahab
- “Age of Intolerance: Global Populism and the Decline of Democracy in the 21st Century”, reviewed by: Usama Irfan
- “The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries”, reviewed by: Muhammad Mehmood Khan