• The Future of Global Order:
    Confrontation or Cooperation?



    11-12 November 2025

    A premier dialogue organised annually by IPRI. This year at Margalla Dialogue IPRI aims to host thinkers and leaders from around the world to articulate the changing international politics and great power competition, inspire tech-oriented discussions, and pave a fresh start for the region at large.
    Note: This event is by invite only

    Welcome

    11 November

    Inaugral Session

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    Forum A

    Great Power Politics and the Future of International Security

    Forum B

    Regional Security, Connectivity and Economy

    Working Session 1

    Special Forum

    Trade and Tariff Wars: The Future of Global Competition

    12 November

    Forum B

    Regional Security, Connectivity and Economy

    Working Session 2

    Forum C

    The Algorithmic War: How AI is Redefining Influence and Security

    Forum D

    Pakistan’s Soft Power, Social Cohesion, and Internal Security Dynamics

    Special Forum

    International Law: Populism, Nationalism, and the Erosion of International Law

  • Speakers

    Mr. Fahd Husain

    Executive Director & Anchor at Express Media Group

    Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed

    Chairman, Pakistan-China Institute

    Mr. Daniel F Runde

    Senior Advisor to the President, CSIS, USA

    Dr. Victor Zhikai GAO

    Vice President, CCG, China

    Dr. Anastasia Malygina

    Asso. Professor, Saint Petersburg University, Russia

    Ambassador Asif Durrani

    Senior Research Fellow, IPRI

    Dr. Moeed W Yusuf

    Vice Chancellor, BNU

    Dr. Kirill Babaev

    Director, ICCA, RAS, Russia

    Dr. Djoomart Otorbaev

    Former Prime Minister, Kyrgyzstan

    Dr. Karim Nazriev

    Deputy Head Internal Policy Department, Tajikistan

    Dr. Mukhit B. Assanbayev

    Chief Expert, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies

    Dr. Karayev Begench Saparovich

    Sr Lecturer, IoIR, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turkmenistan

    Dr. Aneel Salman

    Chair Economic Security, IPRI

    Honourable Jam Kamal Khan

    Federal Minister for Commerce

    Dr. Shamshad Akhter

    Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan

    Dr. Stefan Dercon

    Professor of Economic Policy, University of Oxford, UK

    Mr. Zafar Masud

    President & Chief Executive Officer, Bank of Punjab

    General Ehsan ul Haq, NI(M), (Retd)

    Former Chairman JCSC

    H.E. Yerzhan Kistafin

    Ambassador of Republic of Kazakhstan to Pakistan

    Mr. Idrees Zaman

    Former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

    Dr. Hu. Shisheng

    Deputy Secretary General, CICIR, China

    Dr. Roxolana Zigon

    Director of Scientific Analysis, CISR, Russia

    Ambassador Mashallah Shakeri

    Former Ambassador of Iran to Pakistan

    Mr. Siddique Humayun

    Director, Advocacy and Communications, IPRI

    Honourable Shaza Fatima Khawaja

    Federal Minister for Information Technology & Telecommunication

    Dr. June Park

    Visiting Fellow, Governance & Development Program, ME Council on Global Affairs, Qatar

    Dr. Bruno Macaes

    Senior Advisor, Flint Global, Portugal

    Dr. Shen YI

    Professor of IR, Fudan University, China

    Brig. Dr. Raashid Wali Janjua (Retd)

    Director Research & Analysis, IPRI

    Ms. Sidra Iqbal

    Broadcast Journalist, Aaj TV

    Honourable Atta Ullah Tarar

    Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting

    Senator Javed Jabbar

    Former Federal Minister

    Dr. Farhan Hanif Siddiqi

    Professor of Social Sciences, IBA, Karachi

    Ms. Feryal Ali Gauhar

    Cultural Heritage Management Specialist

    Lt. General Aamer Riaz, HI(M), (Retd)

    Former Corps Commander

    Mr. Syed Muhammad Mehr Ali Shah

    Pakistan Commissioner for Indus Waters

    Ms. Maham Naweed

    Public International Law Expert

    Honourable Azam Nazeer Tarar

    Federal Minister for Law & Justice

    Dr. Antonios Tzanakopoulos

    Professor of Public International Law, University of Oxford, UK

    Mr. Ahmer Bilal Soofi

    Founder & President RSIL

  • IPRI

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