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
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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
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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
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As the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs) proliferation and terrorism emerged in the early 21st century, the International non-proliferation regime began...
Russia’s Strategic Calculus in South Asia and Pakistan’s Role: Challenges and Prospects
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Russia has begun to adopt a politically pronounced approach towards Pakistan, which indicates a shift in Moscow’s long-standing patterns of engagement with Islamabad. Against...
CPEC and Regional Connectivity: Navigating the South Asian Politics
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New dynamics of competition between countries are emerging in the quest for promoting regional connectivity. Several economic corridor projects are being pushed by different...
Nuclear Normalcy: A Reality Check of India’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Record
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India’s much-hyped nuclear non-proliferation record has numerous loopholes that are usually overlooked. In the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the Participating Governments (PGs) tend to...
Iran: A Modern History. Abbas Amanat. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2017,...
Iran: A Modern History Abbas Amanat’s is not a traditional account of the Iranian history; rather it is an entirely unconventional discourse on history...
