PREVIOUS ISSUES

Volume-IV

, Issue-I

(FALL 2019)



01 - Smart Power Engagement for Sustainable Human Security in South Asia

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).01
10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).01      Published : Dec 2019

    Human Security is one of the complex challenges in South Asian region which has been continuously neglected by the policymakers due to the lack of state-centric comprehensive tendencies for the regional security paradigms. In this context, this research work attempts to encourage hostile South Asian nation-states to amend their hostile state-centric behaviors towards people-centric approaches for ... Details
    Smart Power Engagement, Sustainable Human Security, South Asia
    (1) Muhammad Saqib
    M. Phil Scholar, Department of International Relations, National Defence University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Imran Ashraf
    Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, National Defence University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Noor Fatima
    Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and IR, International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.

02 - Beijing Interests in CPEC

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).02
10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).02      Published : Dec 2019

    The paper investigates the PRC interests being developed in China Pakistan Economic Corridor since long its announcement in 2015. The study also analysis the factors that led to the adoption of policy being chalk out for the joint venture of CPEC. Beijing articulated its interests under the prism of political, security, economic and strategic perspectives. The Western World comprehended Chinese in... Details
    China, CPEC, BRI, Interests, Political, Strategic.
    (1) Ijaz Khalid
    Demonstrator, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Syed Umair Jalal
    M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Usman Ullah
    Junior Research Fellow, Humanity Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.

03 - China's Growth as Superpower: Implications for US Policies

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).03
10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).03      Published : Dec 2019

    The rise of China economically, technologically and militarily has become an alarming threat for the superpower of the present century. The US is fighting a new Cold War to retain her hegemony all over the world. The policies of the new Cold War are quite different from those of the old Cold War. First Cold War was an ideological clash between the US and USSR, but the new Cold War is purely the US... Details
    New Cold War, String of Pearl, Domino effect, Hegemony, Containment, China, United States
    (1) Aftab Alam
    PhD Scholar, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

04 - Pak-Afghan Relations through the Lens of Regional Security Issue

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).04
10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).04      Published : Dec 2019

    The study describes the key challenges and obstacles that have shaped the dynamics between the two countries Pakistan and Afghanistan in the regional security context. By examining the historical, political, economic, and social factors that have influenced their relationship.However, their relationship has been characterized by a mix of cooperation and conflict, with a history of disputes over te... Details
    Afghanistan, Security, Regional
    (1) Iqra Jathol
    Ph.D. Scholar: Department of Political Science, GCWU, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Faisal Nazeer
    MPhil Scholar, Minhaj University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

05 - An Analysis of India-Pakistan Relations in the Context of Peace and Harmony in S

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).05
10.31703/gsssr.2019(IV-I).05      Published : Dec 2019

    The history of Indo-Pakistan relations is miserable and complex. The Pakistan-India relations are the actual problem in emerging a shared South Asian outlook and sense of regional community. The Kashmir Issue still is the basis root and sign of mutual hostility and inflexibility.The period of peace and harmony has mostly been affected by Indian threats, pressures and secret activities towards Paki... Details
    Pakistan, India, Relations, Security, Kashmir Issue
    (1) Tayyab Faiz
    Mphil Scholar, School of international relations, Minhaj University, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Humaira Sattar
    MPhil Scholar, Minhaj University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.