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Promotion of religious diversity and popular past can be an effective bulwark against growing…
Violent tendencies are increasing in Pakistan as compared to other Muslim countries. Though people are against Taliban but they do not openly oppose their agenda per se. These were the views expressed by participants of a seminar titled…
Counter-radicalization: A multifold strategy stressed
On 04 August 2010, Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), in collaboration with United States Institute of Peace (USIP) organized a seminar on “Counter-Radicalization Strategies” at a local hotel in Islamabad. Leading experts on…
Countering radicalization in Pakistan: Efforts must be initiated from within the society
It is important to challenge the extremist and literalist interpretations of Islam to prevent further radicalization in Pakistan and defeat the militant groups operating in the country.
This was the crux of a seminar organized by the Pak…
American media has failed to play the watchdog role
The US media was “set up to fail” by the Bush administration as it prepared to invade Iraq in March 2003.
This was stated by Katherine Brown, a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University’s Department of Communications, during a presentation…
Building an empirical knowledge base is imperative to counter-radicalization in Pakistan
Despite the phenomenal rise of radical ideologies in Pakistan, the country lacks an empirical knowledge base to form counter-strategies. These observations were shared with a visiting high profile European delegation of academics,…
9/11 changed the perceptions of Americans about Pakistan
“In Pak-US relations, 9/11 serves as water shed event which changed the perceptions of many Americans towards Pakistani Diaspora in US. It not only enhanced the feelings of hatered and mistrust between the two communities but also became a…
Taliban insurgency is thriving in FATA noted PIPS new book
After September 11, 2001 the militant networks have become stronger and well entrenched in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan (FATA); while the militant economy has surpassed the volume of $ 6bn per annum. The dynamics of…
Pakistani litterateurs have an alternative narrative to counter extremism
Pakistani litterateurs and intellectuals have an important role to counter extremism in the society. They are not only well aware of the phenomenal increase of extremist trends and its various manifestations; they also hold better solutions…
Youth radicalization in Pakistan: A session with Mr. Moeed Yusuf
Alienation, deprivation and marginalization coupled with three parallel and isolated education systems are the driving factors of youth radicalization in Pakistan, said Moeed Yusuf a Pakistani political analyst and researcher.
“The youth…
South Asia can learn from EU’s oriental approach for resolving long-standing inter-state conflicts
“European Union is a proper answer to endemic conflicts, which had been tearing the European subcontinent since times immemorial. South Asian states can learn from EU oriental approach to pave the way of resolving long-standing inter-state…