Pakistan-Africa Roundtable Dialogue for Commemorating Africa Day
Foreword
Pakistan’s relations with many African countries date back to their respective independence movements. Pakistan supported both morally and materially countries such as Algeria,...
Islamabad Paper – “The Emergence of New Populism in Europe: Future of the EU...
Abstract
The society of Europe is being dangerously polarized. It is promoting pathologically political and religious phenomenon of populism. The populists are seen as largely...
Islamabad Paper – “Pakistan and the Expansion of UNSC”
Abstract
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is a key component of the UN body, but has been under the spotlight when it comes to...
Reimaging Pakistan: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State. Husain Haqqani. India: Harper Collins, 2018.
Going through the book, the first thought that struck a reader’s mind was Husain Haqqani’s desperate attempt to justify the label “leading dissident public...
The Making of Pakistani Human Bombs. Khuram Iqbal. London: Lexington Books, 2016, 212.
The book, The Making of Pakistani Bombs, written by Khurram Iqbal, offers a multi-level analysis of the factors influencing suicide terrorism in Pakistan. The...
The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World, Hung-Ho-Fung. New York: Columbia...
The book, The China Boom: Why China will not Rule the World, is based on some of the often asked questions; why and how...
What Is Populism? Jan-Werner Müller. University of Pennsylvania Press: 2016, 136.
The populists peril is the most defining characteristic of today’s profound anti-pluralism and exclusive functioning democracy. The rule of elites, being threatened with the...
SCO Membership and Pakistan: Prospects of Relations with Central Asia
Abstract
In June 2017, Pakistan gained the permanent membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in its 16th Heads of State Summit in Astana. As...
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Opportunities and Challenges
Abstract
The paper discusses salient features of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and attempts to analyse the opportunities and challenges coming along its way. This...
Significance of UNSCR 1540 and Emerging Challenges to its Effectiveness
Abstract
As the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) proliferation and terrorism emerged in the early 21st century, the International non-proliferation regime began...
