One-Day International Conference (Hybrid) | Russia-Ukraine War: Causes, Dynamics & Implications

Can Russia-Ukraine War change the dynamics of the current world order?
How the world is preparing itself to grapple with the cataclysmic effects of this international conflict?
How do the Muslim countries, including Pakistan, look at the situation?
Will China make a defining intervention in the conflict to emerge as a new world power?

IPS gathers a galaxy of national and international experts to look into these and many more related questions…

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One-Day International Conference (Hybrid)

Russia-Ukraine War: Causes, Dynamics & Implications

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 | 10:00am – 5:00pm

Online: Zoom | Offline: IPS Seminar Hall, Islamabad

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AGENDA

Inaugural Session (10:00am – 11:30am) | Russia-Ukraine War: An Overview

Chair:
– Ambassador (retd) Abdul Basit

Welcome Address:
– Ambassador (retd) Syed Abrar Hussain, Vice Chairman, IPS

Speakers:
– Dr Khurram Iqbal, Chairman, Department of International Relations, National Defence University (NDU)
– Dr Ivan Safranchuk, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations (Research Division of Moscow State Institute of International Relations), Russia
– Dr Akis Kalaitzidis, Professor of International Relations, University of Central Missouri, USA

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Session II (11:45am – 1:15pm) | Politics of Alliances & ‘Neutrality’

Chair:

– Khalid Rahman, chairman, IPS

Speakers:
– Professor Zhang Jiegen, Institute of International Studies, Fudan University, China
– Ambassador (retd) Masood Khalid, Pakistan’s former ambassador to China
– Dr Asma Shakir Khawaja, Department of Strategic Studies, National Defence University (NDU)
– Syed Muhammad Ali, director, Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS)

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Session III (2:15pm-4:30pm) | Assessing the Consequences, Future Scenarios

Chair:

– Dr Syed Rifaat Hussain,
Department of Government Policy & Public Administration, National University of Science & Technology (NUST)

Speakers:
– Ambassador (retd) Zamir Akram, Advisor, Strategic Plans Division/Former Ambassador & Permanent Representative of Pakistan to UN
– Dr Bakare Najimdeen, Centre for International Peace & Stability, National University of Science & Technology (NUST)
– Brigadier (retd) Said Nazeer Mohmand, Defence Analyst, Senior IPS Associate

Concluding Remarks & Vote of Thanks:
– Khalid Rahman, Chairman IPS

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