Sudden Justice: America’s Secret Drone Wars. Chris Woods. London: Hurst & Company, 2015. Pp....
In the past few years books on drones have mushroomed. The latest addition to the shelf is Chris Woods's book Sudden Justice. Woods is...
A Mirror to Power: Notes on Fractured Decade. M. J. Akbar. Uttar Pradesh: Harper...
A Mirror to Power: Notes on Fractured Decade by M. J. Akbar is an in-depth and razor-edged criticism on the history of corruption, state...
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrialisation to the Globalisation of Democracy. Francis...
Democracy promotes globalisation and human societies have much transformed since Greek philosophers floated ideas of political order. Since then, political thinking has had a...
Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence. Karen Armstrong. London: The Bodley...
The blood that has been spilled over the history of human race is real, but to accuse religion, as most literature coming out of...
The Middle East in Flux: How Should Pakistan Respond?
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The Middle East has been in a flux ever since the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Things deteriorated further in the wake...
Examining Pakistan’s Strategic Decision to Support the US War on Terror
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The decision by the Pakistani leadership to unconditionally support the US in its war on terror after the 9/11 attacks has had long-term consequences....
The TV-Terrorism Relationship: Investigating the Symbiosis Notion
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There have been extensive debates on the so-called nexus between the media and terrorism. Scholars agree that the medium of television has a greater role...
Parliamentary Track 1 ½ Diplomacy: An Effective Tool for Peace-making
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Preventive diplomacy traditionally involves Track I of governments and inter-governmental organisations in diplomatic negotiations to prevent and end armed conflict. Track II are confidence-building...
South Asian Nuclear Thresholds: Repercussions of Cold Start Doctrine and Tactical Nuclear Weapons
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It can be argued that the overt nuclearisation of South Asia has averted a major military confrontation between India and Pakistan. However, it is...
Indian Missile Defence Development: Implications for Deterrence Stability in South Asia
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India has pursued the development and acquisition of a ballistic missile defence (BMD) system since the 1990s. Its indigenous system consists of a two-tier...
