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A New Era of US Foreign Policy for Pakistan 0
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- March 19, 2021
In 2008, Biden in a meeting with Hamid Karzai, the then President of Afghanistan claimed that Pakistan was 50 times more important than Afghanistan to the United States regional interest. However, whether the Biden Administration’s foreign policy in the context of Pakistan will be a continuation of that under the Obama and Trump Administration still
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Post Trump Era: A Fresh Start or A Revival?0
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- March 18, 2021
January 20th 2021 marked a new era for America. Joe Biden, a clean cut, non-controversial politician and the 47th vice president took over white house, defeating the notorious president Donald Trump. The two politicians share varying views on a number of topics. While Trump’s presidency has highlighted the country’s weaknesses and has damaged its standing
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Islamabad Security Dialogue – Pakistan’s New Strategic Approach to National Security Issues 0
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- March 17, 2021
The National Security Division of Pakistan along with renowned think tanks and organizations such as the Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies and Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad are hosting Islamabad security Dialogue on 17th and 18th March 2021. Islamabad dialogue will be Pakistan’s premier forum that will bring together
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India’s lawfare on the Line of Control 1
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- March 12, 2021
India has initiated a different type of war against Pakistan, one which does not require the firing of a bullet or the use of a grenade. Rather, it is a war which involves pen and ink and the rules which one believes should bring about justice and public order. In other words, India has initiated
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The New Age of Warfare: India’s lawfare policy against Pakistan 0
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- March 12, 2021
The Indian state is using lawfare as a state policy to advance its strategic interest against Pakistan and in the last decade or so, lawfare has become the sole focus of its foreign policy with the end goal of isolating Pakistan diplomatically and economically. It is essential that Pakistan devise a strategy and a policy
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India Lawfare continues with Kulbhushan Jadhav 0
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- March 10, 2021
The term ‘lawfare’ was first introduced by Major General Charles J.Dunlap, Jr who defined it as a method of warfare where law is used as a way of realising military objectives. In the present day, lawfare is defined as ‘a strategy of using or misusing the law as a substitute for traditional military means to
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Financial Action Task Force: a tool of Lawfare against Pakistan 0
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- March 10, 2021
Does the employment of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) against Pakistan constitute as lawfare? In recent years, lawfare is increasingly seen as an effective instrument of state power that can be used to acquire a disproportionate advantage within the international system, in particular over that state’s adversaries. Under international law, the scope, nature and
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The Situation of Pakistan’s Air Quality – A Hazy Future?0
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- March 5, 2021
Pakistan’s air quality is deteriorating by the day. It is essential for Pakistan to take a proactive approach in regulating industry polluters and implement the existing laws on environment, or the country may have to declare a health emergency. The Air Quality Index (AQI) ranked Pakistan as the second most polluted country in the world
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Can Laws Clear the Smog? Pakistan’s Air Pollution Laws Explained 0
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- March 3, 2021
Air quality in Pakistan is becoming extremely dangerous day by day. The reasons for air pollution in Pakistan is mainly due to emission from vehicles, industrial emissions and solid waste burning. Recent data claims that Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore have consistently seen high levels of air pollution. According to the World Health Organization’s
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A New Era of US Foreign Policy for Pakistan 0