Summer 2018, Volume XVIII, Number 2

 

Research Articles

An Indispensable Partner? Bush, Obama, and the US’ Soft Power

Muhammad Shoaib, Dr Saira Aquil and Ahmad Sabat

Citation: Muhammad Shoaib, Saira Aquil and Ahmad Sabat, “An Indispensable Partner? Bush, Obama, and the US’ Soft Power,” IPRI Journal XVIII, no. 2 (2018): 1-25, https://doi.org/10.31945/iprij.180201 

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India’s Nuclear Doctrine: A Case of Strategic Dissonance or Deliberate Ambiguity

Dr Adil Sultan

Citation: Adil Sultan, “India’s Nuclear Doctrine: A Case of Strategic Dissonance or Deliberate Ambiguity,” IPRI Journal XVIII, no. 2 (2018): 26-52, https://doi.org/10.31945/iprij.180202 

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Debating Potential Doctrinal Changes in India’s Nuclear Ambitions

Sameer Ali and Tanzeela Khalil

Citation: Sameer Ali and Tanzeela Khalil, “Debating Potential Doctrinal Changes in India’s Nuclear Ambitions,” IPRI Journal XVIII, no. 2 (2018): 53-77, https://doi.org/10.31945/iprij.180203

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Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Promote Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Asian Countries?

Dr Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz and Dr Zachary Alexander Smith

Citation: Muhammad Zubair Mumtaz and Zachary Alexander Smith, “Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Promote Foreign Direct Investment Inflows in Asian Countries?” IPRI Journal XVIII, no. 2 (2018): 78-110, https://doi.org/10.31945/iprij.180204

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Mainstreaming the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan: Historical Dynamics, Prospective Advantages and Challenges

Dr Muhammad Riaz Shad and Sarfraz Ahmed

Citation: Muhammad Riaz Shad and Sarfraz Ahmed, “Mainstreaming the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan: Historical Dynamics, Prospective Advantages and Challenges,” IPRI Journal XVIII, no. 2 (2018): 111-136, https://doi.org/10.31945/iprij.180205 

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Book Reviews

1. Sharon Weinberger, The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency that Changed the World (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017), 475.
   Reviewed by Sajid Aziz
   
2. Yasha Levine, Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet (New York: BBS Publications, 2018), 371.
   Reviewed by Usama Nizamani    
3. Stephen Chan, Plural International Relations in a Divided World (Cambridge: Polity, 2017), 223.           Reviewed by Muhammad Nawaz Khan 

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