• Global Order in Transition:
    Navigating Strategic Uncertainty



    10-11 November 2026

    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

    10 November

    Inaugral Session

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    Forum A

    Geopolitics and the Realignment of Global Power

    Forum B

    West Asia-South Asia: Geopolitics of Connectivity and Competition

    Special Forum

    Pakistan's Economic Bottlenecks: Diagnosis and Prescription

    11 November

    Forum C

    Technology and the Transformation of State and Society

    Forum D

    National Resilliance and Non-Traditional Security

    Special Forum

    International Law and the South Asian Security

  • Speakers

    Ishaq Dar

    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs

    Lt. Gen. Majid Ehsan, HI(M) (Retd)

    President IPRI

    Professor John J Mearsheimer

    R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor, Political Science Department, University of Chicago, United States of America

    Mr. Fahd Husain

    Executive Director & Anchor at Express Media Group

    Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed

    Chairman, Pakistan-China Institute

    Dr. Victor Zhikai GAO

    Advisor to President, Centre for China and Globalisation, People’s Republic of China

    Dr Timofei Bordachev

    Programme Director, Valdai Discussion Club, Russian Federation

    Dr Vali Reza Nasr

    Majid Khadduri Professor, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America

    Dr Carlo Masala

    Professor for International Politics Bundeswehr, University Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ambassador Robin Raphel

    Senior Associate, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, United States of America

    HRH Prince Abdullah bin Khalid Al-Saud

    Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Ms Zunaira Azhar

    Anchor and Analyst, Express 24/7

    Senator Sherry Rehman

    Chairperson Standing Committee on Climate Change & Environmental Coordination, Senate of Pakistan

    Ambassador Asif Durrani

    Senior Research Fellow, IPRI

    Ambassador Aizaz Chaudhry

    Chairman Sanober Institute

    Professor Dr Ismail Numan Telci

    Director, Center for Gulf Studies and Global Policy, Ibn Haldun University, Republic of Turkiye

    Mr Pravin Sawhney

    Editor Force Magazine, Republic of India

    Ambassador Atif Mashal

    Director General Afghan Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

    Major General A S M Ridwanur Rahman

    Director General of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS), People's Republic of Bangladesh

    Dr. Aneel Salman

    Chair Economic Security, IPRI

    Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb

    Federal Minister

    Mr. Zafar Masud

    President & CEO, Bank of Punjab

    Mr Shahbaz H Syed

    CEO, Export-Import Bank of Pakistan

    Dr Gohar Ejaz

    Chairman, Economic Policy & Business Development Think Tank

    Mr Ashfaque Hassan Khan

    Director General, NUST Institute of Policy Studies

    Mr. Siddique Humayun

    Director, Advocacy and Communications, IPRI

    Honourable Shaza Fatima Khawaja

    Federal Minister for Information Technology & Telecommunication

    Mr Daniel Castro

    President, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, United States of America

    Mr Akira Igata

    Project Lecturer, Economic Security Intelligence Lab RCAST, University of Tokyo, Japan

    Dr Aamer Rana

    Member, Pakistan Digital Authority

    Dr Ilaria Mariani

    Assistant Professor, Polytechnic University Milan, Italian Republic

    Brig. Dr. Raashid Wali Janjua (Retd)

    Director Research & Analysis, IPRI

    Ms. Sidra Iqbal

    Broadcast Journalist, Aaj TV

    Atta Ullah Tarrar

    Federal Minister for Information & Broadcast

    Senator Javed Jabbar

    Former Federal Minister

    Ms Mahtab Akbar Rashdi

    Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan

    Ambassador Shafqat Kakakhel

    Chairperson BoG, Sustainable Development Policy Institute

    Dr Adil Najam

    President WWF International, United States of America

    General Nasir Khan Janjua HI(M)

    Former National Security Advisor

    Dr Zafar Mirza

    Former State Minister of Health of Pakistan

    Professor Dr Asghar Zaidi

    Rector, Karachi School of Business & Leadership

    Barrister Ayesha Siddique Khan

    Chair International Law, IPRI

    Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar (NI)

    Federal Minister for Law & Justice and Human Rights

    Professor Cheng Xizhong

    Senior Research Fellow Charhar Institute, People’s Republic of China

    Mr. Ahmer Bilal Soofi

    Founder & President RSIL

    Lt General Muhammad Saeed

    Chairman Water and Power Development Authority

  • IPRI

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