The domestic political environment of Pakistan and geopolitical environment of the world as a whole remains highly dynamic. With each passing day, new factors are constantly evolving, in turn generating challenges, shaping new courses and influencing public perceptions and state policies. The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) was founded in 1999 as an autonomous body to produce well-analysed inputs and ideas to formulate responses to meet such challenge.

IPRI is a research institute dedicated to undertaking analyses and evaluations of important national and international politico-strategic issues and developments affecting Pakistan, South Asia, and the world affairs. It projects an independent viewpoint and provides well considered options to the policy makers. IPRI freely interacts with similar national and international fora and scholars to benefit from exchange of ideas and views through holding and participating in seminars, workshops and discussions.

Publications
 

IPRI Journal

IPRI Journal is a bi‑annual, refereed journal enjoying wide circulation. The journal consists of researched articles on current topics of global affairs. IPRI welcomes contributions to the journal by IPRI researchers and other scholars of repute. A section of each issue is dedicated to reviews of the recently published books. 

IPRI Paper 

IPRI Paper is an in‑depth study on a topic of international affairs and is published in a monograph form. Research for an IPRI Paper is conducted after discussing it with an adviser at IPRI about the scope and topic of research. 

IPRI Factfile

IPRI Factfile is a monthly publication, which is a compilation of facts about specific issues of global and domestic affairs that are gathered from various sources. It serves as a valuable source of resource material/data bank for researchers, journalists, students, parliamentarians and other interested readers. 

IPRI Books

In addition to the above‑mentioned publications, IPRI regularly publishes books on various regional and international issues, authored either by its research staff or based on conference papers. Some of the published books are: Arms Race and Nuclear Developments in South Asia, Conflict Resolution and Regional Cooperation in South Asia, RAW. Global and Regional Ambitions, Tribal Areas of Pakistan: Challenges and Responses, and Kashmir Imbroglio: Looking Towards the Future. 

Dialogues and Exchanges
 

IPRI interacts with leading thinks tanks across the globe and has active cooperation agreements with them. It regularly holds national and international level seminars, workshops, conferences, contract research, and in‑house discussions with other institutes on diverse strategic and policy issues of national and international interest.

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