Dispatches

Raphael J. Heffron – Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, TREE, Pau, France01.11.2022 1. Introduction: Solving the Energy Crisis is the Easiest Solution to Tackle Climate Change As the United Nations COP27 is underway the immediacy of the climate change problem is evident across the world. Extreme weather conditions have …

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By Dr Farah Naz, Assistant Professor Department of Government and Public Policy15.08.2022 August 15, 2022, marks the first year of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. The Taliban are struggling with the basic conditions to get recognition such as the formation of a broad-based government and secondly its soil is not used for terrorist activities. The …

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Dr. Zahid Shahab Ahmed is based Deakin University in Australia and studies peace and security in South Asia and the Middle East.  31.05.2022 This article focuses on how Australian civil society has reacted to Hindu nationalism. The rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in 2014 is largely attributed to Narendra Modi’s populism …

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The Dawn of a New Sino-Russian Indian Monetary System  By Ozer Khalid, senior consultant and foreign policy expert.  06.04.2022 After Russia`s Ukraine invasion, the financial noose tightens around Moscow`s neck, with economic sanctions thrust upon Russian banks, organizations and oligarchs by the U.S, the G-7 and Western countries blunting the Central Bank of Russia’s from …

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Maryam Verij Kazemi, geopolitical analyst.Dr. Maryam is a researcher with Institute of East Strategic Studies (IESS). She completed her PhD in political Geography. She has published numerous books and articles on Geopolitics, Geo-economic ,Islamic fundamentalism, International Relations , Energy. 28.02.2022 A megalopolis, sometimes called a megaregion, city cluster or super city, is a collection of …

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Neha Ansari is a PhD Candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and a Lecturer at The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. 24.01.2022 After much anticipation, Pakistan released the public version of its National Security Policy (2022-2026) last week, which pleasantly surprised many. South Asia security watchers expected …

Pakistan’s National Security Policy: Pros and Cons Read More »

Dr Huma Baqai is an Associate Professor of Social Sciences & Liberal Arts, and former Associate Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, IBA Karachi as well as a visiting faculty at Air War College, National Institute of Management, Karachi. 19.01.2022 National security policy (NSP) is a framework for describing how a country may provide security for …

National Security Policy: A Step in the Right Direction Read More »

Dr Naveed Atif is a senior civil servant and presently serving as Assistant Inspector General of Police, Islamabad. 21.12.2021 We are living in a time where flow of information is rightly claimed to be the fastest of reported human evolutionary and development history. The phenomenon of Globalization has created an ecosystem that is based upon …

State-Building, Statecraft and Afghanistan Read More »