The writer has completed his M.A. in International Relations and has work as research assistant at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA), Karachi.
The declining US influence in the Middle East has presumably prompted the Trump administration to militarily intervene in the festering Syrian civil war. After...
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“Terrorism is (largely) a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.”—Patrick J....
The national interest of a country often plays the underlying role in determining its relations with other states. Similarly, due to convergent and shared...
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Had resource-rich Balochistan not been plagued by massive corruption and cronyism, the province would have been the most developed federating unit in the country....
IntroductionNapoleon once remarked: “The foreign policy of a country is (largely) determined by its geography.” The geostrategic, geopolitical and geo-economic factors have always played...
IntroductionThe US still wields considerable economic power and possesses unmatchable military potency at the international level. The entire world closely watched the debates between...
IntroductionAccording to the basic premise of neo-realism, a country employs all means fair or foul to maximise its burgeoning national interests and national security....