The Institute of Regional Studies () is an independent, non-profit research centre devoted to the study of the region around Pakistan: South Asia, Southwest Asia (Iran, Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf), China, and central Asia, as well as the Indian Ocean region. It also studies and analyses policies of major power centers towards South Asia. The institute was set up in November 1981 and founded by Agha Ibrahim Akram. It is considered one of Pakistan's leading think tanks.
Partnerships
IRS has partnerships and collaboration with many leading national and international institutions.
- Middle East Technical University, North Cyprus Campus
- Centro Studi Internazionali
- Institute of International Relations, Nepal
- University of Brescia
- Quaid-i-Azam University
- Centre for International Peace and Stability, NUST
- National Defence University
- Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad
- Balochistan Council for Peace and Policy (BCPP)
- Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
- National University Of Modern Languages
- Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services
- Sustainable Development Policy Institute
- Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change, Islamabad
- Area Study Centre, Far East & South Asia, University of Sindh, Jamshoro
- PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON KASHMIR
- Kinnaird College For Women
- Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar
- National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA)
- Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
- Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Science
- Foreign Policy Research Institute, Kazakhstan
- International Institute for Central Asian Studies, Uzbekistan
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