Resetting Pakistan’s Foreign Economic Relations

Resetting Pakistan’s Foreign Economic Relations by Dr Ishrat Husain

The 2021 National Security Policy has made geo-economics its main pivot. It is therefore essential to look in a coherent and comprehensive manner how Pakistan’s economic relations with other nations should evolve to meet this objective. In designing foreign economic policy we should always keep in mind that such a policy would be a by-product…

How not to learn from history: The US- China Relations

How not to learn from history: The US- China Relations by Yuen Foong Khong

At a crucial National Security Council meeting in July 1965, during which President Lyndon Johnson and his advisers were deliberating whether the United States should intervene militarily in South Vietnam with 100,000 troops, US Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr delivered the coup de grâce to those vacillating about the intervention: ‘I feel there is…

Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan

Disaster Risk Reduction in Pakistan by Saud bin Ahsen

October 13 is celebrated as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction by the United Nations, countries all across the globe are urged to focus on the prevention and minimisation of the risks posed by natural disasters. Disasters have a monumental impact on the economies, lives and basic infrastructure of those affected. In 2022, the…

National Gender Policy Framework 2022: Policy Critique

National Gender Policy Framework 2022: Policy Critique by Ghania Usman

September 2022 marked the seventh anniversary of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted in September 2015. As a member of the United Nations (UN), Pakistan is strongly committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its national development agenda in 2016. The principle thrust of…

Understanding the International System

Understanding the International System

Understanding the International System International Relations is becoming increasingly relevant as the world grows more and more interconnected through trade and commerce, migration, the internet and social media, as well as through concerns about pressing global environmental problems. As a field of study, International Relations addresses international political economy, global governance, intercultural relations, national and…

Demystifying the South China Sea (SCS)

Demystifying the South China Sea (SCS)

Demystifying the South China Sea (SCS) This topic has been covered thoroughly in Current Affairs Explainer (March 2020). Link to be attached. Here’s snippet about this topic in short. The South China Sea is one of the most contested maritime spaces in the world. It is bordered by China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei,…

Pakistan’s Nuclear Doctrine

Pakistan’s Nuclear Doctrine: Explained

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Understanding the concept of National Interest
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Understanding the concept of National Interest

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