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Pakistani and international foreign and security policy experts and practitioners will discuss the followin strategic developments between conflict and cooperation in South Asia:

• Dichotomy of conflict and cooperation in South Asia - theoretical concepts
• The Complexity of Security Dilemmas: The Pakistan-India Relationship
• The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): A model for regional connectivity?
• Rising China: What strategic and economic implications for South Asia?
• U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover: What implications for South Asia?
• The role of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) for economic cooperation in South Asia.

Panels:

I. Understanding Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia

II. Regional Conflicts and Security Dilemma

III. Extra-Regional Influences

IV. The Need for Regional Cooperation

Proposals of papers can be submitted to: ellinor.zeino@kas.de