The Gulf War was projected as a liberal war – waged as a necessary war – in order to remove a tyrant, eliminate terrorism and promote democracy and liberal economic reforms in Iraq. Since then, despite a series of ...

Historically, the present-day northwestern Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan have been ruled under the 1901 Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR). After partition of British India in 1947, the tribal ...

The Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made history by winning a clear majority in the 2014 Indian elections. The Party espouses updating and revising India‟s nuclear doctrine and making it relevant to the ...

Barack Obama‘s victory in 2008 signalled the renewal and reinforcement of soft power in the United States‘ foreign policy. He repudiated Bush‘s militaristic, messianic and unilateral approach, and strove to reduce his ...

The Taliban phenomenon is often studied through the prism of fundamentalism, political Islam, and jihadism without analysing the historical authority patterns of Afghan society. The Taliban emerged from within a network ...

The strategic partnership between India and Israel is wellestablished and improving with the passage of time. Both countries have joint collaboration in many areas, including the serious facelift of the Indian military ...

The spirit behind the Arab Uprisings in the Middle East was neither an inter-state balance of power rivalry nor was it a movement coloured by religious ideology. It was a struggle by the disgruntled masses at the domestic ...

This article analyses the concept of soft power and outlines recommendations for Pakistan to strengthen its global soft power image. The article is built around genesis of the concept, its relevance and importance in ...

Azerbaijan and Pakistan have a very unique political relationship that has surpassed territorial boundaries and geographical distance. It offers opportunities for cooperation in many areas, especially in the economic ...

In May 2009, Pakistan faced a serious security dilemma when Taliban militants gained varying degrees of control in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial districts of Dir, Swat, Shangla, Malakand and Buner. The Government acted ...