01 - Decoupling US and China's Grand Strategy in Asia -Pacific Region
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).0110.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).01 Published : Sep 2021
Since the end of the second world war, the Asia-Pacific region has remained the center of global attention due to US presence, hot spot issues, and unresolved territorial disputes. There is no denying the fact that US presence has contributed enormously towards regional security and stability, which also enabled China to rise peacefully, despite tremor sin other regions of the world. This regio... Details
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Common Development, Shared Future, Win-Win Cooperation
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(1) Waseem Ishaque
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan
(2) Mustafeez Ahmad Alvi
Professor/Dean, Department of Social Sciences, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan.
02 - Foreign Policy of India towards Pakistan: A Critical Analysis of BJP's Era
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).0210.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).02 Published : Sep 2021
Since the Indian nationalist party Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)'s leader took the charge of the state, bilateral relations between India and Pakistan became rigid. The period from 2014 to 2020 has been discussed in the study. In Prime Minister Modi's era, the tension between India and Pakistan over Kashmir has escalated because, in the second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked articles 37... Details
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Hegemony, Bilateralism, Negotiation, Ideology, Democracy
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(1) Nimra Sajjad
MS in International Relations, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Sara Batool
MS in International Relations, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Tajjalla Munir
MS in International Relations, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
03 - Geopolitical Competition of Great Powers and Biosecurity
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).0310.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).03 Published : Sep 2021
The paper highlights the phenomenon of great powers competition and bio security and focuses on the impact of great power competition on bio security. The paper identifies how the bio security vulnerabilities are increased to competition among great powers. The research then explains how states have been involved in biological and chemical warfare historically and in great world wars. It also f... Details
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Great Powers Competition, Biosecurity, Biological and Chemical Weapons, COVID- 19
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(1) Tayyaba Zaman Janjua
BS, International Relations, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan
(2) Noor Fatima
Chairperson, Department of Politics and IR, IIU Islamabad, Pakistan
(3) Imran Ashraf
Assistant Professor, International Relations, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan
04 - Pakistan's Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).0410.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).04 Published : Sep 2021
PakistanâÃâ¬Ãâ¢s foreign policy towards Afghanistan is shaped by its quest for territorial integrity. Both Pakistan and Afghanistan remained hostile since their inception. The main factor for this rivalry was the Durand line issue which resulted in security threat from Afghanistan. The paper analyzes the bilateral conflict of Afghanistan and Pakistan and the factors responsi... Details
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Pakistan, Afghanistan, Durand Line, Foreign Policy, Soviet Afghan War
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(1) Uroosa Ishfaq
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Women University, Swabi, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Kashif Ashfaq
MPhil Scholor, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages Islambad, Pakistan.
(3) Nuzhat
MPhil Scholor, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages Islambad, Pakistan.
05 - Special Economic Zones: A Comparative Analysis of China and Pakistan
http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).0510.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).05 Published : Sep 2021
Pakistan and China enjoy close bilateral relations, owing to the 'China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as China is developing a special economic zone across Pakistan under CPEC. SEZs are a new phenomenon for Pakistan and it's the need of the hour for Pakistan to study the working mechanism of China's SEZs to work on those challenges that Pakistan is facing due to non-expertise in this sector... Details
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SEZ, CPEC, BRI, EPZ, FTZ, Free Ports
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(1) Syed Ali Hassan
MS, Department of International Relations, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.
(2) Areeja Syed
MS, Department of International Relations, COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan.