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Ume Farwa


Research Associate

Areas of Research:

Multilateralism in Indian Foreign Policy, Maldives, Bhutan

Ms. Ume Farwa was Researcher at India Study Center (ISC), ISSI and covers Indian foreign policy overtures in multilateral institutions like, United Nations (UN), BRICS, G-20, SCO, ASEAN, Maldives, Bhutan and others. She has an M.Phil. in International Relations (IR) from National University of Modern Languages (NUML). She is a Gold Medalist in Masters in International Relations from NUML.

She co-edited a book, “CPEC: a Game Changer” which is a joint venture of Pakistani and Chinese scholars and, in the capacity sub-editor of ISSI journal, edited research papers and manuscripts on diverse topic: international relations, history, public policy, governance and strategic studies.

Currently, she is working on alternative knowledge perspectives in IR – termed as ‘Global IR’ – particularly on Sufi Theory of IR. She has been working on Global IR and contributing perspectives from Pakistan in this newly emerging field by factoring in the Sufi insights of Pakistani Spiritual scholar of international repute and the recent head of Sufi Order Azeemia, Khawaja Shamsuddin Azeemi, into ‘Global IR’.

 

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Mail farwa@issi.org.pk

Issue Brief on “Trump-Xi Summit: Future Trajectory of Sino-US Relations”

Mar-a-Lago huddle between Trump and Xi Jinping in April 2017 is a continuation of Trump’s efforts to get a better deal from China. Since...

Comment-China’s Dream of a Harmonious World

THE nations which lead the world create a ‘Weltanshauung’, the global outlook, which then becomes a central piece of their global supremacy. The United...

Comment-Role of Sufism and Taoism in China-Pakistan Relations

China and Pakistan adhere to two completely different socio-political systems, languages, customs, cultures and religions. The exemplary government-to-government relations and diplomatic ties were never...

Moving from Washington to Beijing Consensus

In the era of globalisation, Ume Farwa elaborates on the failures of the Washington Consensus and the hopes and promises that the Beijing Consensus...

China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know by Arthur R. Kroeber, Oxford University Press...

Chinese economy rose to an unprecedented level and has stumbled recently, but it continues to spring at home and abroad. What makes it work...

Issue Brief on “Belt and Road Initiative Summit: A Disinterested Response from India”

That India refused to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Summit exposes its fears of internationalization of Kashmir dispute and its anti-connectivity...

Report- In-House Meeting with Chinese Delegation from Shanghai International Studies University

The Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) organised an In-House Meeting on January 18, 2016 with a three-member Chinese delegation from Shanghai International Studies...

Report – In-house Meeting with Chinese Delegation from the Department of External Security, MOFA

A ten-member Chinese delegation visited the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISS) on December 20, 2016. The delegation was led by Ambassador Liu Guangyuan,...

Farhana Qazi, Secrets of the Kashmir Valley: My Journey through the Conflict between India...

Kashmir is an unresolved, multi-faceted dispute and a deep festering wound in Indo-Pak relations. Seen through a geopolitical prism, Kashmir has been made out...

Issue Brief on “Pakistan as Asia’s Emerging Economy: Prospects, Limitations and Policy Options”

It was Jim O’ Neil, the famous economist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, who first identified Pakistan as one of the “Next-11 (N-11)” big...