Follow write-ups have been included: THE MYTH OF THE GLOBAL (Written by Shannon K. O’Neil. Published in Foreign Affairs Magazine in August 2022) GLOBALIZATION ISN’T DEAD (Written by Ian Bremmer. Published in Foreign Affairs Magazine in October 2022) THE END OF GLOBALIZATION? (Written by Adam S. Posen. Published in Foreign Affairs Magazine in March 2022)…
The Arab Awakening – Special Series (Al- Jazeera) Absolute Power Seeds of Revolution Libya: Through the fire The End of a Dictator Death of Fear The People Want The Fall of Mubarak Tweets from Tahrir Ten years after the Arab Spring Following readings have been included: Parsing the differences between Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya. Authored…
You can download this file for essay. It is taken from Bertrand Russell’s book Fact and Fiction. Russell has covered the history of democracy with its relevant aspects. I could not find a better piece of writing on this subject. Quite helpful in essay as well as to understand what democracy really means. Download from…
In the recently concluded US midterm elections, Donald Trump was not formally on the ballot, but he lost. Stated another way, democracy was on the ballot, and it won. America averted a looming disaster. Why are the midterm elections so important? The entire House of Representatives, consisting of 435 seats, was up for election. America…
Deen-e-Islam إِنَّ الدِّينَ عِندَ اللّهِ الْإِسْلاَمُ بیشک دین اللہ کے نزدیک اسلام ہی ہے، Truly, Islam is the only Din (Religion) in Allah’s sight. (Āl-i-‘Imrān, 3 : 19) أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ اللّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ کیا یہ اللہ کے دین کے سوا کوئی اور دین چاہتے ہیں اور…
For many years, scholars and officials have believed that the nuclear problem was a relic of the Cold War. To the contrary, the world is moving closer to a new era that could be defined even more sharply by nuclear weapons, as Vladimir Putin’s threats against Ukraine demonstrate. Nuclear weapons have been a feature of…
Senate of Pakistan or Aiwān-e-Bālā Pākistān is the upper legislative chamber of the bicameral legislature of Pakistan, and together with the National Assembly makes up the Parliament of Pakistan. The 2021 Pakistani Senate election was held on 3 March 2021. The Election commission of Pakistan announced the election schedule on 11 February 2021. Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani…
The Globalization process that has underpinned the post-Cold War global order continues to impact the themes and actors in the contemporary global order. Globalization has spawned the opposite trends of both integration and fragmentation. While the developed parts of the world become increasingly interconnected- and not only in economic terms- other regions. have become increasingly…
Updated as of July 2022. Following Current Affairs notes are prepared by Shanza Faiq (47th CTP, CSS 2018 Topper, FSP). Topics covered in this blog are- Hybrid Warfare UNSC’s Veto Power Pak-Afghan ties Analyzing Foreign Policy Geopolitical Trends in South Asia the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Hybrid Warfare Definition: Usage of kinetic and non-kinetic options…
After the end of the World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), emerged as the two greatest powers in the world. One nation tried to reduce the power of other. Indirectly the competition between these super powers led to the Cold War. The Cold…
