The tragic incident of 9/11 and the onset of American-sponsored war on terror internationally significantly changed the traditional patterns of world politics. The conventional standards for dealing with the security challenges have become an outdated outfit in the twenty first century. The overwhelming wave of non-traditional security challenges forced states to formulate a multilateral framework…
Donald John Trump, the 45th President of United States and a renowned businessman politician of the Republican Party assumed office on January 20, 2016 after winning the US elections on November 08, 2016. Trump is significantly emphasizing the Sino–US relations free trade agreement under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) parallel to inter continental trade…
The contemporary pattern of non-proliferation politics and its South Asian direction has generated a debate on the growing Indian nuclear program along with New Delhi’s desire to secure full membership of Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG). In 2005, a state visit of the US to India added a new dimension in the South Asian arms race…
The growing strategic culture of South Asia has always remained a central point of insurgency and counterinsurgency operations. The international community prefers to study South Asian culture of violence in evolving notions of state of insurgency and its undeniable influence on social, economic and political values of nations that are fighting to neutralize the emerging…
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…
