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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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2014:The Election that Changed India. Rajdeep Sardesai. Penguin Books. India. 2014. Pp 372.

2014: The Election that Changed India is based on Rajdeep Sardesai’s observations as a columnist, editor and an award winning anchor. The skills of...

Seminar and Roundtable on “Human Rights, Youth and the Issue of Jammu and Kashmir”...

Press Release Seminar and Roundtable on “Human Rights, Youth and the Issue of Jammu and Kashmir” May 11, 2016 The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (ISSI), organised a seminar...

Indian Held Kashmir: A Challenge for Human Rights Activists

The militancy and state terrorism has made the issue of immunity a challenge in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK). It is a state where...

Report-In-House Meeting with Chinese Media Delegation

The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, hosted an In-House Meeting with a five-member Chinese Media Delegation on February 18, 2016. The delegation included: Mr. Xu...

Democracy in India: When speech is sedition!

Over the decades since its independence, India has successfully used ‘democracy’ as an international currency for common appeal both at the international and national...

The Destruction of Hyderabad. A.G.Noorani. London: Husrt & Company, 2014. Pp. 338.

The Destruction of Hyderabad is an exhaustive constitutional discussion by A.G. Noorani, an Indian lawyer, and a distinguished political author. His in-depth research delves...

Pakistan-India Relations: Breaking the Logjam

Cooperation not confrontation was the key message of the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan,...

Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century. Shashi Tharoor. New Delhi:...

Shashi Tharoor, a renowned Indian diplomat and politician wrote Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century to substantiate and elaborate the...

Seminar on “The 70th Anniversary of the United Nations: Challenges for Peace, Security and...

Press Release by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad Seminar on “The 70th Anniversary of the United Nations: Challenges for Peace, Security and Development” ...

In-House Meeting with Prof. Samina Yasmeen, Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies (CMSS),...

Dr. Sameena Yasmin, Director , Centre for Muslim States & Societies, University of Western Australia in- House briefing session at the Institute of Strategic...