Will Iran US Conflict Transform Into War Or Peace?
- ZAHID MAJEED SHEIKH
- June, 2019
- 179
- Editorial
THE CONFLICT BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES HAS A LONG WAX AND WANE PERIOD AS THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN CLAMOROUS FOR DECADES AND THE FUTURE OF THESE RELATIONS DEPENDS UPON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S NEW IRAN STRATEGY AND IRAN’S INTERNAL CHALLENGES.
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Can Pakistan Protect CPEC?
- Muhammad Akbar
- June, 2019
- 140
- Chinese Infrastructure In Pakistan
AN ATTACK ON A LUXURY HOTEL IN THE HEART OF GWADAR PROVES THAT PAKISTAN’S MILITARY-CENTRIC APPROACH IS FAILING
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The SCO summit: New challenges
- Shirin Naseer
- June, 2019
- 213
- Analysis
THE RISE OF TENSIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN IS THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF A HIGH-LEVEL MILITARY CONFRONTATION BETWEEN SCO MEMBERS AND DIRECTLY CHALLENGES SCO HARMONY AND STABILITY
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Free-Trade Or Protectionism? Moving Beyond A World Of Binaries
- Johnny Fulfer
- June, 2019
- 80
- Economic Development
THIS ARTICLE OFFERS A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEBATE BETWEEN FREE-TRADE AND PROTECTIONISM, DEMONSTRATING HOW NARRATIVES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE HAVE CONSTRUCTED A WORLD OF BINARIES. THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS PROTECTIONISTS, FOR INSTANCE, HAVE CREATED A FALSE DICHOTOMY OF ‘US’ VERSUS ‘THEM,’ WHILE SELF-STYLED FREE-TRADERS HAVE CRAFTED NARRATIVES OF ‘RATIONAL’ AND ‘IRRATIONAL’ ECONOMIC POLICY THAT OVERLOOKS ASYMMETRIC POWER RELATIONS
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Economy of Fools
- Aasim Sajjad
- June, 2019
- 86
- Pakistan vs IMF
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME. THIS ADAGE CAPTURES MUCH ABOUT STATE POLICY IN PAKISTAN, BUT PERHAPS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ‘REFORM’ MOST OF ALL.
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Challenges of 2019
- Arooj Asghar
- June, 2019
- 127
- Tax And Trade Policies
FITCH, A GLOBAL CREDIT RATING AGENCY HAS RECENTLY DOWNGRADED PAKISTAN’S LONG-TERM FOREIGN CURRENCY ISSUER DEFAULT RATING BY ONE NOTCH, FROM B TO B- (B MINUS) ON HEIGHTED EXTERNAL FINANCING RISK, AND INCREASED FOREIGN DEBT PAYMENTS
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Brisk Movement Of Pakistan’s Foreign Remittances
- Arooj Asghar
- June, 2019
- 277
- Debt
THE GOVERNMENT GETS HUGE FOREIGN CURRENCY BECAUSE OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE. THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE INCOME IS NOT ONLY INCREASING FOREIGN CURRENCY RESERVE BUT IS ALSO PLAYING A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO REDUCE POVERTY AND TO ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF PAKISTAN
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The Mad Man Who Would Be King
- Lucy Worsley
- June, 2019
- 187
- Anglo-Archives
WAS KING GEORGE III − THE HANOVERIAN WHO WAS ONCE DUBBED ‘FARMER GEORGE’ BY WRITERS OF HIS TIME TO MOCK HIS KEENNESS IN MUNDANE MATTERS RATHER THAN POLITICS − REALLY MAD? IF YES, CAN MODERN MEDICINE HELP FIND OUT THE REAL REASONS BEHIND HIS BIZARRE BEHAVIOUR?
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Speech Is Gold
- Cyrus G.
- June, 2019
- 124
- Exclusive English
YOU THINK IT, I SPEAK IT … IN ONE WAY THOUGH REPORTED SPEECH CAN BE AT TIMES TROUBLESOME, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO A REPORTER TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT A POLITICIAN IS BRAGGING ABOUT
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A Tale of Two Nations
- Factfile India
- June, 2019
- 241
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OUR MAN WHO ONCE SPENT TIME IN INDIA OPENS UP OUR INDIA FACTFILE AND THAT OF JAWAHARLAL NEHRU WHOSE BIG DAD’S REPORT GAVE INDIANS A FRESH DOMINION STATUS
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Gemini’s Gem … The Season With A Sizzler
- KIPS Bureau
- June, 2019
- 135
- Quizquest
SHOW YOUR PACES THE KIPS BUREAU’S JUNE SIZZLING QUIZ IS PAVED WITH A TINY PILE OF QUESTIONS SET ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (‘ECONOMIC & POLITICAL DOCTRINES’), GENERAL SCIENCE (‘SOLAR SYSTEM’), ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (‘ATMOSPHERE & GREENHOUSE EFFECT’), SOCIOLOGY (‘SOCIETY & MARITAL MATTERS’) AND PHILOSOPHY (‘GREEK PHILOSOPHERS’)
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