Nations are built first and foremost on geographical grounds. It is an integrative process that must unite different ethnic, religious, cultural and economic entities into a community of equals. There must be a unity of purpose and equity amongst the constituent units. A superficial national identity is easy to create by appealing to emotions, waving…
Ikram! I finished the book two days back. In the absence of a forum like Amazon or Goodreads to write a review (since your book is not published there), I thought of completing the courtesy by writing this feedback. This book ripped open the healed wounds all over again. A painful chapter of our history…
This book is history of the last chapter of united Pakistan in 1971. Ikram Sehgal is in a unique position to write about the separation of eastern wing of Pakistan and emergence of independent Bangladesh. His father was Punjabi and mother Bengali, he had personal relations with Bengali and non-Bengali senior political and military leaders….
Routledge Handbook of Air Power is a comprehensive study of various aspects of air power, ranging from the historical to the futuristic. It examines as many as thirty topics related to the utility and applicability of contemporary air power. The book is edited by John Andreas Olsen, a serving Colonel in the Norwegian Air Force,…
The debate on civil-military relations usually refer to the civil-military balance in the internal politics of a state. In such debates the role of the armed forces along with the performance of civilian politicians has remained under discussion. A perplexing working limit between the officers of armed forces and civilian authorities, particularly in states of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
