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Ms. Shamsa Nawaz


Areas of Research:

Europe (Political & Security)

Shamsa Nawaz did her MSc. in Strategic Studies from the Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, 1983. She served at the Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad, as a Research Analyst for three years and looked after the Strategic and Defence section of the South Asian region. She is an author of two widely read books, India’s Nuclear Weapons Programme?,(1985) and Pakistan’s Futuristic Peace Paradigm, (1995). She also did a short course on ” Ecology”, 1993, from Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. She also contributed widely to the national and international seminars. During her earlier one year brief stay at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, 1990, she looked after the Middle East region and Warsaw and NATO. During all these gap years, she remained affiliated with the education sector as a visiting teacher at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, International Islamic University, Islamabad, and National College of Arts, Rawalpindi. She was a Regional Director for a private school system just before rejoining the ISS in February, 2013.

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Issue Brief on “The Probability of Governing a Political Constellation: A Challenge for Merkel’s...

The president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has called on political leaders to rethink on their positions and try again to form a government after...

Issue Brief on “The AfD’s Parliamentary Debut: A Reconfiguration of Politics in Germany”

On September 24, 2017, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in Germany celebrated its success, having secured 13% of the vote marking the entry of the...

The Fix: How Nations Survive and Thrive in a World in Decline, Jonathan Tepperman...

The world is empowered with gloom due to certain alarming trends. Both the global and national problems seem insurmountable since bad information is processed...

Issue Brief on “Strains in Turkey-German Relations”

Given the heightened tensions between Berlin and Ankara, just before elections in Germany on September 24, 2017, Angela Merkel called for all EU accession...

Issue Brief on “European Union: Shaping of a Common Security and Defence Policy Reasserted”

In a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron on September 7, 2017, German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to pursue a closer co-operation...

Issue Brief on Spain to come up with the new “tourist model” and “tourist-phobia”

While qualifying his views on the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils that killed 15 people on August 17, 2017, Pere Mariné, executive member of...

Indian Efforts to Change the Demography of IOK

Abstract The Federal Home Minister of the government of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mr. Rajnath Singh, unveiled a plan in April 2015, to settle tens...

Issue Brief on “EU Parliament Resolution Misinterprets Human Rights Situation in Pakistan””

In a resolution passed on June 15, 2017 the European Parliament has criticised Pakistan for “an alarming rate of executions” and for breaching international...

Issue Brief on “The Manchester Attack”

Britain has decided to deploy military personnel at public events in the aftermath of a monstrous suicide attack which had hit the foyer area...

Issue Brief on “French Election: Honour is saved!”

So far, the dark political forces, whose racist and authoritarian roots lie in the 20th century Europe, are neutralized by the results of first...