The Silk Road: Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran. A Travel Companion. Jonathan Tucker. London:...
The ancient Silk Road is attracting renewed attention. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled his action plan to speedily develop Asian economies by...
The Myth of America’s Decline: Politics, Economics, and a Half Century of False Prophecies....
That America is on the decline and about to be upstaged by new contenders from its position as the number one world power has...
The New York Times Editorials: Perceptions of Pakistan
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Mainstream US print media, including newspapers like the New York Times, have generally held a negative view of Pakistan, painting a bleak picture of...
Indo-US Strategic Partnership and Pakistan’s Security: A Theoretical Evaluation
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This paper evaluates the impact of Indo-US strategic partnership on Pakistan’s security using the lenses of balance of power and power transition theories. A...
Pakistan-US Relations: Reset After 2011
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In 2011, relations between Pakistan and the United States took a nosedive following a series of events, including capture and release of CIA operative...
Limited Conflict and Partial Control: Escalation of Conflict on the South China Sea and...
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This paper briefly reviews the changing situation of the South China Sea in 2014 and the first half of 2015. It analyses the behaviour...
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor – Its Maritime Dimension and Pakistan Navy
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), part of China’s “One Belt, One Road” initiative, is an ambitious undertaking. It epitomises Beijing’s desire for connectivity with other...
Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars. Chris Woods. London: Hurst & Company, 2015. Pp....
In the past few years books on drones have mushroomed. The latest addition to the shelf is Chris Woods's book Sudden Justice. Woods is...
A Mirror to Power: Notes on Fractured Decade. M. J. Akbar. Uttar Pradesh: Harper...
A Mirror to Power: Notes on Fractured Decade by M. J. Akbar is an in-depth and razor-edged criticism on the history of corruption, state...
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrialisation to the Globalisation of Democracy. Francis...
Democracy promotes globalisation and human societies have much transformed since Greek philosophers floated ideas of political order. Since then, political thinking has had a...
