CPEC’s impact on Pakistan’s economy on May 24, 2018Economic integration, the spillover effect and complex interdependence have always remained fundamental topics in international relations and in international politics. Ernst B Hass illustrates in his theory of Neo-Functionalism that integration and cooperation between two states results in cooperation with other states, and this has a ‘spillover’ effect on other states as well. This cooperation […]
Battle of corridors: CPEC vs IPEC on September 30, 2017“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” The footprints of this famous quote by Sun Tzu can easily be traced in the recent soft power conflict going on between India and China. The recent 2017 military standoff between Indian armed forces and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was over a construction […]
Trump’s déjà vu: multiple alternatives for Pakistan on September 10, 2017 “Diplomacy must look at the political scene from the point of view of other nations” — this third principle of diplomacy by Hans J Morgenthau is being missed out by Trump administration in his recent US policy towards Afghanistan and South Asia. On Monday August 21, 2017 Trump delineated his Afghan policy with a […]
Afghan Maze: US searching for a way out on August 12, 2017The Obama administration was more willing to shorten the Afghanistan war and was more interested in reducing the number of troops from Afghanistan or their complete withdrawal. However, the Trump administration seems more interested in winning the Afghan war “FIRST aim of war is to win, Second is to prevent defeat, Third is to […]
Brushing under the carpet; Indo-US defence cooperation on August 1, 2017 A famous quote by Henry Kissinger that “America has no permanent friends or enemy’s only permanent interests” is reflected in the new US defence policy bill for fiscal year 2018.U.S. House of Representatives has passed a $ 696 billion defence policy in a bipartisan vote including $ 30 billion core more for Pentagon operations […]