Richard A. Clarke, former Chief of counter-terrorism, (who has served three presidents & has spent more than two decades of his professional life in combating terrorism) tells us in his: Against All ... Read More
As a rule, foreign policy of a state, is an extension or a reflection of its internal policy. Since Pakistan emerged as an Islamic State, its internal policy was deemed to be committed to the establis ... Read More
Next Steps in Strategic Partnership (NSSP), a bilateral initiative between US and India announced in January 20041 , was aimed at expanding cooperation in the areas of civilian nuclear programs, space ... Read More
Central Asia has long been a matter of geostrategic importance merely because of its proximity to several great powers on the Eurasian landmass. Central Asia, whose centrality in world affairs remaine ... Read More
Over the last six decades, relations between the USA and Pakistan have seen many ups and downs; punctuated by intense engagement and strong and distinct estrangement. Each country has tried to influen ... Read More
The United States has taken over its global ambitions from Britain, its socio-political precursor mentor. Woodrow Wilson, it may be recalled, championed the same cause while he was vehemently pleading ... Read More
Bush at War is written by Bob Woodward, an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post who has been a newspaper reporter & editor for more than 30 years. The author tells behind the scenes story ... Read More
The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli is a powerful and insightful look into the mind of a master politician who has an uninhibited sense of honesty and bluntness that leaves the reader staggered with as ... Read More
The increased awareness about ethics which gripped the whole Western world in 1980s due to a number of large-scale white-collar crimes has now roused the academicians, theorists, businessmen, politici ... Read More
The UN is making an invaluable contribution towards mitigating the sufferings and plight of the displaced and uprooted people. In achieving this noble goal its specialized agency related to the refuge ... Read More
Scientific and technological advancements in the present century have resulted in profound social changes. Among these, the changes in family structure and most especially in women’s status and role i ... Read More
No country in the world can live within the framework of its own principles of foreign policy, whether big or small. The real world of international politics compels states to show pragmatism, and the ... Read More
Since September 2001 till today, that is, just within five years, the United States has lost much of its good will and probably all of its moral foundations essentially because of its foreign policy, ... Read More
Most Muslim states of the present times are secular and we have no working model on which to base the study of the rights of non-Muslims in Islamic state. Like other aspects of the Islamic system, onc ... Read More
South Asia is a most complex, volatile and politically explosive region and it remains the most enigmatic and baffling in the world. It is also one of the most socially divided and fertile regions. Th ... Read More
South Asia has been subjected to tensions between states ever since it gained independence from British colonial rule in 1947. Asymmetric relations between India and its neighbours are indeed influenc ... Read More
In this brief article, our objective is to survey the pre-war to pre-war (i.e. from Iraq to Iran), National Security Strategies of George W. Bush and assess their implications for the global peace. At ... Read More
For almost 55 years, following the end of Second World War and the beginning of the cold war, U.S. foreign policy rested on the concepts of “deterrence and containment”. With the end of the Cold War a ... Read More
IN 1951, the year the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established,1 there were an estimated one million refugees within the Commissioner’s mandate. That number ... Read More
ALL HEAVENLY MESSAGES have placed a special emphasis on people’s education in order to properly develop their natural potentials and bestow on them happiness both here and in the Hereafter. Islam is t ... Read More
THE RECONSTR IQBAL, one of the most distinguished and perceptive minds of 20th century, has touched upon almost all the major themes of philosophy and has left indelible marks of his own on these issu ... Read More
This article is based on Iqbal’s lectures ‘The Spirit of Muslim Culture”, ‘The Principle of Movement in the Structure of Islam’ and ‘Is Religion Possible?’. ... Read More
AFTER 9/11, Islam has been consciously, or unconsciously, equated and amalgamated with terrorism, war and violence. A vicious campaign against the Muslims has been let loose in western media and other ... Read More
“Thus we have appointed you a mid-most nation, that you may be witnesses upon mankind.” (Quran, 11:43) ISLAM WAS DESTINED to be a world religion and a civilisation, stretched from one end of the globe ... Read More
EIGHT DIFFERENT ASPECTS of the life of the Holy Prophet are given in the following lines which provide sufficient and logical justification to rank the Serah [the life and character] of Muhammad (P.B. ... Read More
THE TERM ‘UMMA’ is derived from the word ‘amm’ (the root) which means ‘to aim at’ or ‘to intend to’. Hence, ordinarily, it means the people who ‘intend to’ follow a leader or a religion. Moreover, it ... Read More
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