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The study of foreign policy is currently facing important challenges mostly associated with forecasting the world order. Those challenges imply an imbalance between two nexuses operating at different...
Book Review |The Security Imperative: Pakistan’s Nuclear Deterrence and Diplomacy
Book Title: The Security Imperative: Pakistan's Nuclear Deterrence and Diplomacy
Author: Zamir Akram
ISBN: 9789692109178
Publisher: Paramount Books
Deterrence Stability in South Asia: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
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India and Pakistan’s seaward nuclearization has received great scholarly attention off late. The thrust of recent literature on the issue focuses on whether an at-sea deterrent has bolstered...
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Pakistan-Africa Relations: Appraisal and Future Prospects
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