IKMAS-EAIR Forum Webinar

IKMAS-EAIR Forum: Pakistan’s Bilateral & Multilateral Engagements with Southeast Asia under Imran Khan: the Politics of Diversification and Differentiation (Featuring Dr. Mustafa Izzuddin)

Speaker:
Dr. Mustafa Izzuddin,
Visiting Research Fellow, IKMAS, UKM and
Executive Director, Nehginpao Kipgen Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, India.

Registration: shorturl.at/gtOTW

About the Talk:
Under Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan has stepped up its bilateral and multilateral engagements with Southeast Asia. Islamabad has been lobbying actively to become a full dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This talk explores Southeast Asia’s significance in Pakistan’s foreign policy, highlighting the mutual benefits on developmental, strategic and domestic fronts. The speaker adopts a foreign policy analysis approach to unpack the multi-level factors motivating the Imran Khan administration’s diplomatic, economic and sociocultural goals. Dr. Izzuddin argues that, instead of pursuing its Southeast Asia policy as a countermove to India, Pakistan should chart its own path by coming up with its own blueprint for engaging the ASEAN region. This presentation will promote rigorous academic discourse between South Asia and Southeast Asia.