Pakistan

Defining National Interests (Part I)

This year’s Independence Day celebrations were quite differently colourful than the previous years. However, I will deliberately avoid a discussion on the content and style, for obvious

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Digital Frontiers of the Cold War 2.0
Emerging technologies

Digital Frontiers of the Cold War 2.0

In 2020, the United States banned Huawei from participating in development of its 5G networks on the grounds that the company’s obligations towards the Chinese government made

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China

Potential of Nanotechnology

Emerging technologies such as AI, robotics and cyber have been in the limelight in defence and military domains since the 1950s; however, nanotechnology has not had a

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Pakistan

Defining National Values

Pakistan is at 75 now, with a population of 220 million people growing at a rate of two per cent. The country has nuclear capability, alongside strong

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Pakistan – The Ongoing Crises
Government & Politics

Pakistan – The Ongoing Crisis

The recent events in Pakistan have been nothing short of a typical South Asian soap opera with complicated plots and convoluted turns, leaving the public in shock

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Democracy

Liberal Democracy

The archons of “Western democracy” have long professed the belief that liberal democratic ideals are universal and must therefore be spread across the world at any cost.

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Economic Security

Pakistan under Economic Strangulation?

In my previous article, essentiality of political stability for economic security was discussed in detail. However, in this article, significance of economic security as an element of

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