The evolving strategic competition between the great powers introduces the counterbalancing forces emerging from different states. The ongoing and unending struggle to dominate the world by expanding the political sphere of influence has remained an undeniable feature of a state’s foreign policy which rarely supports the status quo in international system. Irrefutable forces of wars…
The contemporary history of world politics is undeniably rooted in the intense US–USSR confrontation under the prolonged conflict of the Cold War. The global competition to dominate the international system by acquiring the status of global hegemon between capitalist and communist forces of Washington and Moscow shook the foundations of international global affairs. The period…
The global environment of terrorism has created a worldwide disorder and insecurity by altering the traditional standards of evolving world politics. The theoretical foundations of terrorism and its conceptual association with international system have considerably shaken the well-structured and well–organized Westphalian state system. The modern state system encircled by clandestinely functioning terrorist networks is becoming…
The new phase of Russo–Pakistani bilateral ties based on joint military exercises has added a new chapter in the history of evolving South Asian regional politics and launched an international debate. The first joint strategic venture as a result of bilateral agreements signed in December, 2014 adds two hundred military personnel to strengthen the cooperative…
The proliferation of nuclear weapons and related material to more state and non–state actors alongwith the safety and security of nuclear weapons has become a topic of immense significance for the international community. The advocates of international non– proliferation campaign are actively pursuing the three pillar system of NPT. The pillars emphasize the promotion of…
The troubled bilateral values cemented in the inflexible national standing and incompatible behaviors of state officials from New Delhi and Islamabad have always remained a subject of importance and significance for the international community. The intellectual groups of South Asia are continuously expressing their views on the rather toxic Indo–Pak relations. The contribution and role…
The contesting maritime claims and conflicted sea-lanes along with unyielding clashes over key water paths, main straits, major canals and important ports always remind about the significance of Mahanian political model in international politics. The doctrinal attributes of Mahanian model enunciates an undeniable role of sea power in strategic clashes of great powers. As a…
The application of an appropriate strategy for addressing internal security challenges while dealing adequately with external pressures has become a major problem of Pakistan, and a topic of immense importance for the international community. The existential threats of ethno–religious strife from inside have inaugurated a critical debate globally on Islamabad’s contemporary standing in the region….
Narendra Damodardas Modi, former Chief Minister of Gujrat and 15th Prime Minister of India has calculatedly inaugurated an ambitious era of multidimensional economic growth, technological advancements, political developments and social reforms for his country. Moreover, the regional and extra-regional foreign policy approaches of Modi coupled with substantial diplomatic aspirations attempt to luminously decorate Indian image…
The questions to effectively counter the proliferation of nuclear weapons and related material alongwith the peaceful promotion of nuclear technology across the globe have always remained practically incompatible with the strategic competition of states. The debate to cease vertical and horizontal proliferation is as old as nuclear weapons are in the world. The main connexions…
