Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East

“Grand Delusion” by Steven Simon provides a timely analysis of the dynamics that shaped American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era in the Middle East. The major theme of “Grand Delusion” revolves around the notion that American policymakers suffered from a persistent delusion that military force alone can bring about sustainable change and security…

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China’s Deepening involvement in South Asia and the Gulf States

ContextIn an endeavor to understand the emerging geopolitical realities, PoliTact partners with leading thought centers to understand the longitudinal multi-faceted tangents of a particular theme. One such topic is the political, security, and economic interconnections between South Asia and the Gulf States, and one of the subsets, Pakistan and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). This relationship…

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Training the Guards

Macro-security being the business of the State, micro-security remains the domain of the individuals or organizations. With a citizen requiring the safety and security of his life and that of his family, property and business, etc and the State increasingly engaged in macro-security because of terrorism, private security business has become as an industry in…

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WACKENHUT Pakistan (Pakistan’s Largest CIT Service Provider)

Background Mr. Jahangir Javed has over 15 years of professional experience specialization in Operations, Training, Administrations, Logistics, Organizational Structure and Project Management. Possessing excellent management and leadership skills, he started his career in Event Management in 2006 and, after few years, joined the Pathfinder Group. During his tenure within the Pathfinder Group, he has held…

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