The Middle East region can ill-afford destabilising conflicts which entail violent extremism, proxy warfare, and nuclear proliferation. The United States has restrained Iran‟s nuclear programme through successful application ...

This study has developed the concept of Gender Power Sharing. The concept has been applied to construct Gender Power Sharing Index (GPSI) for thirty three developing countries of the world. The selection of countries is ...

Women empowerment is a key issue for the development process of countries around the globe for which policy makers strive to attain sustainable position In this context, Microcredit has proved as an effective strategy for ...

Countries in South Asia being religiously, ethnically and culturally diverse are naturally prone to intrastate conflicts and tensions. The inability of their ruling elites to neither grant nor guard the political and ...

The legacy of Blitzkrieg as deployed by the Wehrmacht during World War II cannot be denied due to its lethality, speed and surprise which completely out-manoeuvred the enemy. While employing its basic tenets, the Indian ...

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are legal instruments which safeguard the interest of investors and help to promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing countries. This study analysed 19 Asian economies ...

India‟s ongoing nuclear modernisation does not seem compatible with its declared nuclear doctrine of 2003. Several influential voices from within the country have argued for the need to review its nuclear posture. As ...

The transformation of terrorism from Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State (IS) has created new security challenges. This article examines the threats posed by these two groups by discussing their ideologies, structures ...

This article examines the allocation of economic and military aid from the United States (U.S.) to Pakistan during the tenures of Democrat and Republican presidents. Focusing on the aggregate and annual U.S. bilateral ...

This article examines the evolution of the idea of the Turkish model as constructed by academics from the West, the Muslim world and Turkey during the three consecutive terms of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) ...