International Relations Theories and Security
Authors: Fatima Ahmed and Areeja Syed
The post-cold war world has experienced
many changes, not only in practical terms but also in theoretical sphere. One
of the...
Pakistan-China: Social Relations and Soft Power
The intense
increase in the image and power China as a global actor having vast
geopolitical and geo-economical determinations has been perhaps the biggest
story of the...
Civilizationism vs the Nation State
Many have framed the battle lines in the geopolitics
of the emerging new world order as the 21st century’s Great Game. It’s a game
that aims...
Military Diplomacy as a Hybrid Instrument of National Power
Today's
complex security environment requires the United States to use all of its
instruments of power to maintain its status in the world, as well as...
Consular Protection
The world
is rightly outraged at how Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was
killed, but I was also horrified by where.
As the U.S. Consul General in...
Soft power as an important structural component of a foreign policy strategy of a state
The
architect of the ‘soft power’ concept Joseph Nye focuses on ‘the ability to
achieve the desired through voluntary cooperation, not by coercion or tricks’.
The name...
From WWI to www: Geopolitics 100 years later – Book Review
It is an honor to present to our readers our esteemed alumni colleague and friend Professor Anis Bajrektarević and his newly released book From...
The rise of Eurasia: Geopolitical advantages and historic pitfalls
Asian players are proving to be conceptually and bureaucratically better positioned in the 21st century’s Great Game that involves tectonic geopolitical shifts with the...
Diplomatic Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran considers defense diplomacy to strengthen the efforts of the defense sector in the supine area in the process of...
A new world system, or a world without a hegemon
The state of the world and, frequently, the course of history depended on the foundation on which peace on Earth was based - either...