The ‘Petrocurrency’ Determinants in Growing Sino-US Confrontation: Implication for South Asia
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to identify the areas where China’s internationally rising monetary and petrocurrency influence is likely to conflict with the...
Soft Power in the Foreign Policy of Pakistan: Prospects and Potentials
Abstract
Transition and diffusion of power are changing the political context and have made soft power more relevant than ever. The Government of Pakistan has...
Russian South Asia Policy: From Estrangement to Pragmatism
Abstract
This paper is an attempt to analyse the Soviet and Post-Soviet Russian policy responses towards the South Asia particularly India and Pakistan contextualising how...
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...
The Plebiscite Conundrum in Jammu and Kashmir (1947 to the Present Day)
Abstract
Since 1947 the expectation that the fate of the disputed former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir would be decided by a plebiscite...
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...
Hindutva and Islamophobia
Abstract
This research paper is an attempt to understand rising Islamophobia in India in relation to Hindutva as a political ideology. It is argued that...
Impact of India’s ISR Capabilities on South Asian Security Dynamics
Abstract
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities have grown exponentially over the past two decades. Almost all major powers are building their ISR potential for...
Trump Administration’s Strategic Perspective about CPEC
Abstract
The American geopolitical analysts perceive the steady rise of China as a strategic competitor and challenger to the United States’ sole superpower stature in...
Great Power Rivalry in Indo Pacific: Implications for Pakistan
Abstract
The term of Indo Pacific delineates a conceptual evolution in the US strategic community to contain and encircle China by countering it in the...
