Attiq Ur Rehman

Dr Attiq-ur-Rehman is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations, NUML. He is a prolific writer and regularly writes for different research journals and magazines. He constantly shares his intellectual insight on various national and international forums.

Gwadar: Balance in Transition

The changing geopolitical dynamics of world politics and their relevance to the great power politics has thrust Pakistan in the limelight in the contemporary international system. China’s economic rise under the One Belt One Road Initiative (OBOR) or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) introduced the idea of economic integration which is inherited in Beijing’s…

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The Iran wars

The American global nuclear non-proliferation debate and its varying direction to address the nuclear ambitions of the states located at diverse regions has remained an important topic of contemporary world politics. In order to achieve the core objectives of its global non-proliferation campaign, Washington-based advocators of arms control and disarmament mainly focus on the Middle…

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What’s wrong with Pakistan

The debates of nuclear non-proliferation and war on terror have placed Pakistan under critical circles of international community. Instead of investing its full potential in aligning with international non-proliferation regime and carrying the anti-terror campaign of United States, Islamabad is facing difficulties in improving its position in contemporary world politics. The great problems from eastern…

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RAW-Mossad Collaboration and Pakistan

India-Israel strategic relations and their expanding areas of mutual cooperation in diverse fields have become an undeniable reality of contemporary world politics. The governments of these two states are determined in enhancing bilateral collaborating venues which will not only be helpful in securing of their strategic regional dominating ambitions but it will further help them…

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Conflict Management & Vision for a secular Pakistan: A Comparative Study

The emergence of non-traditional security threats in the international system has raised serious issues of religious extremism and sectarian violence across the globe. In order to stay away from the contemporary wave of religious extremism, the Muslim states around the world, including Pakistan, are designing every possible measure to manage their internal affairs. Moreover, in…

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Defeat is an Orphan: How Pakistan Lost the Great south Asian War

The debate of counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism in the age of globalization or twenty-first century have direly influenced Pakistan’s mainstream policies. The leading architectures of national security strategy are trying to address the internal and external security threats while chalking out a comprehensive plan for surviving in the regional crisis or the Great South Asia War….

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Indo–Japanese Diplomatic

South Asian political history under an intense competition between India and Pakistan has always been a problematic picture in international relations. The hegemonic desires of New Delhi forced its Hindu leadership to establish strategic connection with extra-regional powers which cannot only help India in asserting its offensive capabilities but also help it in enhancing its…

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