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Nabila Jaffer


0092-51-9203967, nabilajaffer22@gmail.com

Nabila Jaffer is a Research Analyst at the Institute of Regional Studies. She started her career in 2010 and joined IRS in 2015. She has published papers on political and security issues in the region. Now her research areas at the IRS are China-US Relations and Indo-China Regional Competition. She occasionally writes in the newspapers.


Qualification
  • M. Phil - Defence and Strategic Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University
  • Masters of Advanced Studies (MAS) in International and European Security Studies, Global Studies Institute, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Certificate in International Training Course in Security Policy 2013-2014, Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Switzerland
Specialization & Interest
  • Conflict and Security, Governance, Regional Institutions and Geo-political issues, East Asia/South Asia
Publications
  • Conflicting Perspectives on Hong Kong’s Protests in 2019 (Focus in process)
  • Indo-China Border Confrontation: Challenges and Options for Pakistan (2020) (Policy paper)
  • Fake News and Modern Statecraft (in process)
  • Indo-US Nuclear Cooperation: Delayed Progress and Implicit Gains (2019)
  • Troubled Indo-Pak Relations and Major Stumbling Blocks in the Peace Process (2018)
  • The First Enlargement of Shanghai Cooperation Organization and its Implications (2015)
  • China’s Increasing Economic Interests and Future Course of Relations with the US (MAS Research Paper 2014)
Experience
  • Research Fellow at Center for Research and Security Studies (Oct. 2011- Sept. 2013)
  • Member of Youth Parliament Pakistan (MYP-FATA, 2013)
  • M&E Officer at Media House Islamabad (Project by DW Akademie, Nov. 2014-July 2015)
  • Alumni - U.S. Cultural Exchange Programme (IVLP-National Security and Foreign Affairs, 2012) Alumni GCSP-2014
  • Alumni-Gansu International Fellowship Programme-2017

Recent

The First Enlargement of Shanghai Cooperation Organization and its Implications

The Major Stumbling Blocks in the Peace Process between India and Pakistan