Strategic Significance of Pakistan: Challenges and Way Forward
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Since its very inception Pakistan has been facing multiple strategic, diplomatic and economic challenges. With a significant strategic position Pakistan is situated at the...
Global Power Shift and Foreign Policy Choices for Pakistan
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The shifting global order suggests arrival of the world away from the U.S.-led liberal unipolar order. The rise of the rest, notably, the Chinese...
Great Power Rivalry in Indo Pacific: Implications for Pakistan
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The term of Indo Pacific delineates a conceptual evolution in the US strategic community to contain and encircle China by countering it in the...
Soft Power in the Foreign Policy of Pakistan: Prospects and Potentials
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Transition and diffusion of power are changing the political context and have made soft power more relevant than ever. The Government of Pakistan has...
Gwadar: China’s Future Gateway to the Middle East
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The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) seeks to develop Pakistan’s industrial capacity and contribute to its emergence as a trading hub between China and the...
Pakistan-India Relations: A Critical Appraisal of Power Politics
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Pakistan-India relations are mired in power politics making the two countries as rivals with competing identities and interests. By the logic of power politics,...
Perception and Reality of Pakistan’s India Centric Foreign Policy
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Since 1947, Indo-Pak hostility and the consequent Kabul-New Delhi bonhomie have been a recurrent feature of Pakistan’s foreign policy. Being located at an advantageous...
Impact of Ukraine War on Global Energy and Food Supply Chains: A Case Study...
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The damaging economic, political, and diplomatic effects of Russia’s attack on Ukraine in February 2022 have not been confined to just continental Europe. The...
Indian Muslims’ Socio-Political and Economic Challenges in the Globalised World
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India is a multi-religious and multiethnic society, the rise of Hindutva in the country’s politics has polarised it in an unprecedented way. The state’s...
Special Economic Zones for Growth and Competitiveness in Pakistan’s Economy: Learning from Global Experiences
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This study examines the potentials of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in enhancing economic growth and competitiveness in Pakistan. In doing so, it analyses the...
