ISSUE

Volume-IV

, Issue-III

(SUMMER 2021)



01 - Decoupling US and China's Grand Strategy in Asia -Pacific Region

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).01
10.31703/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

    Common Development, Shared Future, Win-Win Cooperation
    (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).02
10.31703/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

    Hegemony, Bilateralism, Negotiation, Ideology, Democracy
    (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).03
10.31703/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

    Great Powers Competition, Biosecurity, Biological and Chemical Weapons, COVID- 19
    (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).04
10.31703/gfpr.2021(IV-III).04      Published : Sep 2021

    Pakistan’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

    Pakistan, Afghanistan, Durand Line, Foreign Policy, Soviet Afghan War
    (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).05
10.31703/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

    SEZ, CPEC, BRI, EPZ, FTZ, Free Ports
    (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.
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