28 May 2007

Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS)
PIPS, Lahore, Pakistan
Self-description: "Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) is an independent think tank committed to providing in-depth understanding and objective analysis of regional and global issues. PIPS provides a forum to international strategic thinkers to play an active role in understanding and researching real and perceived threats to regional and global peace and security. The objective is to engage leading regional and international strategic thinkers, academicians, and media persons in the pursuit to produce knowledge of national, regional and global security issues and to promote awareness about the importance of peace and democracy. The goal will be achieved through independent policy analysis, collection, processing and interpretation, dissemination of information and skills/training. [...] Scope: PIPS carries out and disseminates policy analysis and research studies on the regional and global strategic issues such as conflict and development, political violence, religious extremism, ethnic strife, terrorism - including state terrorism, economics, governance and democracy, foreign relations, and cultural learning of policy-making processes. It also conducts dialogues, trainings and other educational programs for strengthening partnerships and resolving inter-state conflicts, and clashes between the government and the public - including various sections of the public within the framework of civil society.
Database: At the national level, the institute is dedicated to building the knowledge base for peace and enlightenment of the society. PIPS is building one of the largest database on peace and security issues at the regional level."
Site contents: * Publications; * Research & Analysis; * Surveys; * Services; * Events; * Trainings; * PIPS Team; * Advisory Board; * SouthAsiaNet (Pakistan, South Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, Middle East); * Free Publications; * Contact Us.
URL http://www.pips.com.pk/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: PIPS (pips--at--pips.com.pk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30