Foreign Policy
Economic Diplomacy: A Review
This aim of this Working Paper is to present a review of the Economic Diplomacy (ED) literature. ED has received increasing importance in international
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February 3, 2022
Publications
Geoeconomics
Pakistan’s NSP: Need to Focus on Geo-economics and Geopolitics
A nation without clearly defined direction according to its national values will surely face existential threats in the contemporary world. Pakistan, for the first time in its
January 28, 2022
Geoeconomics
The Russo-Ukrainian Conflict: An Economics Research Agenda
The eruption of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine in early 2022 left many observers worried about the state of the world in several domains: the disruption to
January 28, 2022
Regional Security
Challenges to Regional Security
Since the end of Cold War, most wars have taken place either in the Middle East or the adjacent South Asian region. Unfortunately, all of these wars
January 24, 2022
South Asia
A Pop Quiz on South Asia
The renowned US columnist Charley Reese once compiled a ‘Pop Quiz on Middle East’ which was published in ‘Orlando Sentinel’ – the leading newspaper of Orlando, Florida, on
January 24, 2022
The Return of Keynesianism? Exploring Path Dependency and Ideational Change in Post-Covid Fiscal Policy, Policy and Society 41, No. 1 (March 2022)
The aim of this article is to explore the nature of policy change in the domain of public finance (fiscal policy) in the wake of the coronavirus disease
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January 24, 2022
Economic Affairs & National Development
The Vanguard of Geoeconomics
As the new National Security Policy (NSP) unequivocally states, geoeconomics is the new paradigmthrough which Pakistan will shape its security calculus. As a whole-of-government document, the NSPdirects
January 19, 2022
Disaster Management
The Missing Link in Human Security
Human security figured out prominently in the recently approved draft of Pakistan’s first-ever National Security Policy (NSP), and it is a welcome step by the government. However,
January 18, 2022
Peace and Conflict
Introducing ‘Realizm’
According to realist paradigm, the present international system is anarchic and selfish, and therefore needs to be reset, because the gap between the developed
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January 18, 2022
Society
Blizzards of Greed
The recent tragedy during a blizzard in Murree involving many stranded domestic tourists is illustrative of an industry that took the free market ideology a bit too
January 14, 2022
