VOL 10 NO 2

By M. Saeed Khalid[1] Introduction: The collapse of a bipolar world order has been followed by a surge of neo-liberal democracy leading to social strains in many parts of the globe. While the US brand of two party system primarily serves the country’s corporate interests, the European multiparty model promotes inclusive growth, taking care of […]

By Saad Shabbir and Vaqar Ahmed[1] (SDPI) 1. Background With a new a stable government in Afghanistan the prospects of peace, stability and regional integration reform have increased across Central Asia. The recent visits by the Afghan President to India and China indicate that Afghanistan is now looking to enhance its possibilities of regional cooperation. Pakistan’s

By Fauzia Nasreen[*] Universities play a critical role in the development and progress of societies. They not only produce human resource necessary for development activities, but are also regarded as the initiators and contributors to change in societies. As such socio-economic transformation dynamics are very much dependent on how change is managed by societies through

By Mushfiq Murshed[1] Ever since the launch of  Zarb-e-Azb there remains a dichotomy in analytical perception over the sincerity behind and the impact of this military operation.  One group believes that a paradigm shift in policy has finally occurred in Pakistan where old doctrines of ‘strategic depth’ through proxy warriors have been shunned and a

By Air commodore(R) Khalid Iqbal, Consultant IPRI[1] Abstract (Violation and extremism are mutually supportive phenomena, both lead towards terrorism. The anatomy of terrorism is a complex matter. Broadly speaking, it has three distinct hierarchical streams: global, regional and local. These may operate in intricate unison, in isolated pockets, or in various combinations of the two.

By Yasser Latif Hamdani[1] Abstract (The author touches upon the various reasons behind the partition of 1971 and the strengthening of Bengali national identity – Editor)  “After how many meetings shall we be close again” – Faiz Ahmad Faiz The separation of East Pakistan was a tragedy that still haunts our collective national memory after

By Jamil Nasir[*] Abstract This paper analyses the binding constraints to sustainable economic growth in Pakistan within the growth diagnostics framework developed by Hausmann et al. Factors like limited access to finance, low returns to economic activity, and low appropriability of returns are discussed at length in the light of data and literature. Low financial

In the 1984 General Election, the BJP won a mere 2 seats; in late 1989 it won 85 seats. The rise was due entirely to its adoption, in June 1989, of the demand that the Babri Masjid be “handed over to the Hindus” (Christopher Jaffrelot; The Hindu Nationalist Movement in India; Viking, 1996; p. 382

By Arif Humayun[1] Circle of Peace (www.CircleOfPeaceOnLine.org) Abstract This paper will establish a correlation between the development of a radicalizing ideology in Pakistan and its effects on Muslim attitudes across the world. While this flawed ideology was being developed and slowly propagated, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 70s catalyzed the process by