Background Factors The pathway towards establishing digital services as a part of the financial system appears to have been in construction for a significant period of time. A research paper referred to during the writing of an internal report outlining feasibility for the expansion of ATM management services offered some insight into the growth of…
While 2019 has been a year of uncertainty for a variety of reasons, none is more prominent than the saga of BREXIT. It has been over two years since BREXIT was confirmed via a national referendum in the UK. This was done on the behest of David Cameron, then British Prime Minister, who was trying…
The recent visit of Angela Merkel, German Chancellor, to India improved the German Indian bilateral ties in various fields. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, welcomed the German Chancellor on her two days visit and treated her to a military parade in the capital city. This meeting of German Indian states authorities widened the traditional foundations…
We are living in the era of digitalization, automation and innovation wherein, Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a vital role. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the real champion of artificial intelligence (AI) which is indeed re-shaping its economy, governance, society, education, housing sector and services to achieve its desired goals of smart economy and massive…
The discipline of international relation is an interesting field of study largely (presumably) because of its clear-cut theories such as realism, liberalism, Marxism, etc. Democratic peace theory is a major strand of liberalism which states that modern democracies do not wage wars against one another due to their democratic institutions. Such democratic institutions make the government…
1. Prelude The United Nations (UN) had been formed on culmination of the Second World War (1939-45) in the backdrop of unprecedented & colossal damages of life and property the nations had suffered. The UN is the torchbearer of human rights and liberties. The UN Charter had included the human rights (UNCHR, 2018). 2. UN…
The US Presidency and Pentagon are at odds over the issue of pulling the boys out of “Wrong Wars”. Only thing on President’s head is winning his reelection on the basis of fulfilling his 2016 campaign promises, how so ever silly those may have been. Pentagons strategy is to time out Trump and continue to…
Brief Historical Overview Traditional invaders on Indian sub-continent civilization always arrived from either Central Asia or from Arabian Gulf side. The nature of invasions in terms of objectives were varying from ruler’s rivalry to expansionism mindset of conquerors like Muslim Abbasid conquest, Mahmoud Ghaznavi, Genghis Khan, Delhi Turkic Sultanate, Mughal Empire and finally the British…
Cyber warfare against critical infrastructure of a target is something which has become a staple of aggressive nations’ hybrid warfare program, and it is expected to take place between major superpowers i.e. Russia, China and the US in the long term. On a smaller scale, neighbor’s with particularly severe political and diplomatic relations such as…
Every year, the annual gathering of international leadership in New York for ministerial session of the United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA) provides a venue for quick bilateral and multilateral interactions amongst global leaders. Prime Minster Imran Khan spared five days for this event. Though his interactions were wide ranging and wholesome the primary focus was…
