Cult of the Irrelevant: The Waning Influence of Social Science on National Security. Desch,...
Do foreign policymakers pay attention to scholarship on foreign policy and national security issues? If not, then who is to blame - scholars who...
Cold War in the Islamic World: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy,...
The Middle Eastern region challenges simple depictions and the difficulties that exist here are, in fact, susceptible to simple solutions. The reader comes away...
Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb: A Story of Defiance, Deterrence and Deviance, Abbas, Hassan. New Delhi:...
Hassan Abbas, in Pakistan’s Nuclear Bomb, looks at how Pakistan acquired its nuclear weapons capability. However, the title is misleading since his major focus...
Pakistan’s Foreign Policy towards Russia: New Directions
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Since the end of the Cold War, the world entered the era of economic interdependence and cooperation. In contemporary times, no country in the...
Challenge of Globalisation to the Muslim Ummah: Religious Extremism and the Need for Middle...
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Globalisation is a process that encompasses regional hegemonic expansion and culture standardisation through technology, capitalism and world politics. By causing inequality and exploitation, globalisation,...
Sino-US Involvement in Afghanistan: Implications for South Asian Stability and Security
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In the aftermath of 9/11, the US’ and China’s engagement in Afghanistan has portrayed competitive underpinnings manifested in the matrix of great power...
Prospects for Pakistan-China-Iran Trilateral Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges
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Pakistan, China and Iran are situated in the same region brimming with natural resources, blessed with geographic significance and endowed with massive economic potential....
India-Iran Relations: Challenges and Opportunities
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Besides geographic proximity, India and Iran share a historic relationship that has its mark even today. However, despite these historic ties, both India and...
Use of Force in Self-Defence for Global Peace: A Conceptual Framework
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This paper attempts to link legal and theoretical perspectives of the use of force in self-defence and, thereafter, formulates a conceptual framework based on...
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...
