ISLAMABAD
\nThe Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) on Friday organised the roundtable on \u201cAsia Pacific: Geo-Strategic, Geo-Environmental and Technological Contestations\u201d to discuss opportunities and challenges for the country amid growing regional tensions.
\nIt was participated by Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal (QAU), Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi, and Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan (NUST). The session was moderated by Director Research IPRI Dr Raashid Wali Janjua. President IPRI Ambassador Dr Raza Muhammad gave the welcome remarks. The discussion focused on the importance of the Indo-Pacific and Asia-Pacific regions in geo-politics and geo-strategic alliances, a news release said.
\nDr Janjua discussed the post 9\/11 importance on the region and transition from bi-polarity to multi-polarity. Dr Jaspal discussed the implications of regional security architecture.
\nHe also discussed the importance of South Asia and the Indian Ocean in the regional security architecture, and India-USA security relations. He elaborated how India\u2019s position as a net security provider with the US has impacted China\u2019s relation with Pakistan, with the two countries becoming strategic partners on security. He discussed how this is also impacted by Pakistan\u2019s history with India and due to existing territorial disputes with India.
\nAmbassador Hashmi discussed China\u2019s perspective on the Asia-Pacific region. She highlighted how China prioritizes development and progress on a local and international level.
\nShe addressed Pakistan\u2019s strategic and regional importance to China in geo-politics with India\u2019s strategic alliance with the United States as a net-security provider. She discussed China\u2019s perspective to be more defensive than offensive which is also very relevant to Pakistan.
\nShe emphasized the importance of clarity on Pakistan\u2019s standing in Asia-Pacific relations, and to have one strategic compass towards Pakistan\u2019s goals as Pakistan and China have significant strategic partnerships on navy and nuclear policies.
\nDr Khan discussed the opportunities and challenges for Pakistan\u2019s geo-economics stance. He discussed how sanctions may or may not impact a country\u2019s economy and how \u201cconfrontation of Russia with Ukraine led to an unprecedented number of sanctions on Russia.\u201d
\nHe elaborated on how geo-economics have changed in the Asia-Pacific region and other regions as economic sanctions have not been as effective on certain countries like Iran and Cuba which have led to countries facing sanctions exploring new ways to strengthen their economies such as de-dollarisation and using their own currencies as a weapon of war. He explained how economic and financial sanctions have in turn led to countries forming their own economic forums and platforms such as BRICS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) on Friday organised the roundtable on \u201cAsia Pacific: Geo-Strategic, Geo-Environmental and Technological Contestations\u201d to discuss opportunities and challenges for the country amid growing regional tensions. It was participated by Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal (QAU), Ambassador Naghmana Hashmi, and Dr Ashfaque Hasan Khan (NUST). The session was moderated by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-415223","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n