Peace: Surefire Compromises on October 28, 2023To better understand the processes that lead to an improved human condition, the social sciences field of peace and conflict studies, also known as conflict analysis and resolution, identifies and analyzes both criminal and diplomatic attitudes as well as the structural frameworks attending conflicts also, including social conflicts. In contrast, peace studies, sometimes known as […]
Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s Killing in Canada on October 6, 2023Trudeau has indicted the New Delhi authorities of killing Canadian national Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil. Tensions are still exceedingly high in an argument between India and Canada over Sikh independence, sometimes known as the Khalistan movement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada this month accused India of being involved in the murder of […]
Democracy On Trial on September 14, 2023In 2007, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared September 15 to be the Worldwide Day of Democracy, to advocate for and uphold democratic principles and urged all member nations and organizations to honour the day in a way that contributes to public awareness. While democracies share characteristics, there is no unique model of […]
Caretaker’s Conundrum on August 26, 2023Kakar admiration has promised free and fair elections, but there is widespread anxiety that the polls would be delayed beyond the constitutionally permitted 90 days stipulation. Nevertheless, ambivalence is still hovering over the proposition lest election may not be conducted at all in the near future. Certainly, given emerging challenges in the realm of economy, […]
The Pyrrhic Victory on August 16, 2023Two years ago on this day, August 15, 2021, the Western-backed regime collapsed like a house of cards as its foreign backers hastily left Afghanistan after a more than two decades occupation. The Afghan Taliban de facto regime then rolled into Kabul. The hardline movement’s evaluation of its first year in power is unimpressive, with […]
Delhi’s Secular Quandary on August 5, 2023Delhi is now in a dominant position both regionally and globally as a result of the country’s rapid economic development and militarization of the occupied Kashmir with the August 5, 2019, event and imperiousness over the last three decades, making it an appealing contender for “great power” status in the coming years. Islamabad’s policy pundit […]
Baptizing the Democracy on July 16, 2023Democracy is more than conducting elections and the observance of democratic institutions. To ensure that democratic values are adequately expressed in the political system, those in charge of managing democratic institutions and procedures must internalize its principles and norms and must be exerted to us spiritedly. Examining the character and behaviour of the main actors, […]
Pakistan’s Kabul Quandary on June 25, 2023Following the division of British India in August 1947, Pakistan was created along Afghanistan’s eastern border. Since then, relations between the two states have been abhorrent; The only country to vote against Pakistan’s membership to the UN following that country’s independence was Afghanistan. A substantial part of Pakistan’s heartland in contemporary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and […]
Finding the Strategic Equilibrium on May 31, 2023China is going to experience an increase in national socioeconomic and public health concerns in 2023. If history is any guide, it is reasonable to anticipate China’s leaders to respond to settle their external environment to focus on domestic concerns. To counteract criticism of their political record, they will try to project to their people […]
Mackinder’s Heartland Revised on May 11, 2023Halford John Mackinder was a British geographer who hypothesized in his 1904″ tractate”. The Geographical Axis of History that whoever holds control over the Eurasian heartland, which stretches through the Volga up the Yangtze and the mountains of the Himalayas through the Arctic, will also have sway over the rest of the world. Mackinder’s idea […]