Strategic Perspectives Through Research and Dialogue

Case of US Unilateralism at the UN

Abstract The new world order has been instrumental in shaping and promoting multilateralism over the last seven decades. The end of the World War II...

Indian Muslims’ Socio-Political and Economic Challenges in the Globalised World

Abstract 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...

Recognition of the Taliban Government in Afghanistan and International Community

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to study the responses and concerns of the international community vis-à-vis the Taliban government in Afghanistan as...

US Indo-Pacific Strategy and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy: The Hedging Option

Abstract Pakistan finds itself at the horns of a strategic dilemma as the US-China rivalry intensifies in international politics. At the heart of the dilemma...

Pakistan-GCC Relationship: Reframing Policy Trajectories

Abstract For some time, Pakistan’s Gulf policy has largely focused on upholding cultural and religious ties, rather than building sustainable economic linkages. Though energy resources...

Impact of Karot Hydro Power Project on Pakistan Economy

Abstract Pakistan has been facing the problem of energy crisis since 2007 and it has adversely affected the productivity and growth of the economy. To...

Pakistan-India Relations: A Critical Appraisal of Power Politics

Abstract 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,...

Hindu and Hindutva Ideology in Indian Polity: Examining Modi’s Administration

Abstract The idea of India as an inclusive and secular nation-state has been challenged by the rise of Hindu nationalist ideology known as Hindutva. Promoted...

Paradigm Shift in the US Foreign Policy towards NATO during Trump Administration

Abstract Committed to restore America to its former glory by advertising the slogan of “America First,” Trump’s leadership exhibited his antagonism to honour the international...

China: ‘Rising Threat’ or ‘Rising Peace’

Abstract ‘China threat’ as a western foreign policy orientation and ‘Peaceful rise’ which later became ‘Peaceful development’ concept of Hu Jintao administration is debated...

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