First Round of RPI-RDDC-sponsored Afghanistan-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue held in Kabul on May 16-17
In collaboration with the Royal Danish Defence College (RDDC), Regional Peace Institute (RPI) has launched a track-II/I.5 dialogue with Afghanistan.
The first round of the dialogue was held in Kabul on May 16-17.
This track will run parallel to our other track which we hold in collaboration with our partner, Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS).
Second round of the US-Pakistan Bilateral (Track-II/I.5) Dialogue held in Islamabad on April 5-6.
The second round of the US-Pakistan Bilateral (Track-II/I.5) Dialogue was held in Islamabad on April 5-6. The first round of this series of interactions was held in Washington, DC on January 3-4 earlier this year.
The dialogue is an initiative of the Regional Peace Institute (RPI) and it is being implemented in collaboration with the Wilson Centre.
First Round of the US-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue held in Washington on January 3-4
The first round of the US-Pakistan Bilateral (track-II) Dialogue was held on January 3-4 at the Wilson Centre, Washington, DC under the umbrella theme of “Convergence amid Divergence: Identifying Pathways to Cooperation in a Challenging Environment”.
The dialogue is sponsored by the State Department and implemented by the Regional Peace Institute in partnership with the Wilson Centre, Washington, DC.
RPI launches the US-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue
Regional Peace Institute (RPI) is pleased to announce the launching of the US-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue.
RPI will be conducting the dialogue in coordination with its partner in the project: the Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington, DC.
For too long now, the US-Pakistan bilateral relations have suffered acutely from an abundance of expectations from both sides. This has led to a trust deficit which has continued to grow with the passage of time: with the US expecting Pakistan to do more and the latter responding by pleas of sincerity and lack of capacity.
The bilateral dialogue would provide an opportunity to the policy formulators from the two countries to come to grips with the core issues that plague the bilateral relations and the reasons for the growing diversity of perceptions. The dialogue will be an ongoing process and the first round is scheduled to be held in Washington, DC on January 3-4 while the second will take place in Islamabad in the first week of March.
During various sessions, the teams of delegates from the two countries will be joined in by a group of experts as discussants, thus expanding the scope of interactions to take in ideas from a large and informed base of people. This will help in chalking out a blueprint for rationalising the future relations between the two countries to make these positive, productive and sustainable.
The key issues which are likely to be debated in the first round include the following:
Fight against terror including countering violent extremism;
The prospects of nuclear proliferation and how to address the same;
Regional Peace and its changing dynamics;
Peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan's role therein, and
Enhancing cooperation in the economic and social sectors as well as other areas of interest to both countries.
The US-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue is a flagship addition to the expanding RPI repertoire of activities including the Afghanistan-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue, India-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue and China-Pakistan Bilateral Dialogue.
Discussion with Raoof Hasan, Chief Executive of Regional Peace Institute in Pakistan
Raoof Hasan, Chief Executive of Regional Peace Institute in Pakistan, provides his analysis and perspectives of the past and present security development in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The objective with the interview was to obtain a Pakistani view on past and present conflicts in the region to provide a primary source for further analysis. Recorded in Islamabad, Pakistan.
5th Round of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral on May 20-21
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An eleven member Afghan delegation led by Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Sabir, Member of Parliament, took part in the deliberations. The other members of the delegation included Rohullah Hashimi, Sajad Wafa, Nasir Ahmad Haidarzai, Enayatullah Mudaris, Mohammad Musa Mahmadi, Mujtaba Ayan, Mureed Khawas, Raz Mohammad and Baryali Miakhel.
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The Fifth Round of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral Dialogue, a summit on issues of key mutual interest, produced joint recommendations that, if implemented, will help reduce the fear and insecurity felt by many Afghans in Pakistan.
The Fifth Round of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Bilateral Dialogue was held in Islamabad on May 20-21 under the umbrella theme of “Finding a Sustainable Solution to a Human Crisis: Unravelling the Pak-Afghan Paradigm”.
An eleven member Afghan delegation led by Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Sabir, Member of Parliament, took part in the deliberations. The other members of the delegation included Rohullah Hashimi, Sajad Wafa, Nasir Ahmad Haidarzai, Enayatullah Mudaris, Mohammad Musa Mahmadi, Mujtaba Ayan, Mureed Khawas, Raz Mohammad and Baryali Miakhel.
Pakistan’s growing burden
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The start of 2016 has been marked by hope for a peace agreement in Afghanistan, a result of multiple meetings of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) countries of China, the United States, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, to develop a framework for bringing the Afghan Taliban into negotiations with the Kabul government. To achieve a peace agreement, Afghanistan is relying on Pakistan’s help to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table. This plan expects Pakistan to engage in a counterterrorism strategy for which it has long been criticized by the same stakeholders now knocking at its door: differentiate the “good” terrorists from the “bad” terrorists, rather than consistently cracking down on all violent groups. This approach has not proved effective at curbing extremist violence in Pakistan or in the region...
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