Analysis
Economy of Integration For South Asia: A Way Forward
Webinar held on 29th Oct 2021
Economy
Analysis
“Small Forest” that can Tackle Filthy Air
Air pollution is an invisible killer, leading to higher health and environmental risk. According to World Health Organization (WHO), unsafe levels of air quality exacerbating the respiratory and cardiovascular complications cause 7 million premature deaths […]
Analysis
The Financialization of China & Emerging Policy Alternatives
In the modern global political economy, China plays a key role by being a major player in international commodity chains, global value chains (GVCs), international trade, and modern finance. In fact, according to expert estimates, China […]
Economy
Plastic Banknotes: Faulty Reasoning, Out of Tune with the Times
The environment is now a key issue in the policies of many governments around the world. Recycling and sustainability are growing trends, with the tactless disposal of plastics no longer being considered an acceptable practice. […]
Economy
International Development Aid for Education – A Matter of Strategic Concern?
In the aftermath of 9/11, numerous systematic and functional shifts in the global system have accompanied the radical alteration in the geopolitical and geostrategic activities of major global powers. The merger of security and development […]
Analysis
String of Pearls – China’s Emerging Strategic Culture
Strategic culture in the 21st century has moved from its outdated standpoint of the 20th century and is more focused on other facets of security that include ecology, economics, environment, population, energy, and the rights […]
Analysis
Of Foreign Policy and National Security: Broadening the Framework in Pakistan
One of the principal objectives of Pakistan’s foreign policy has been to safeguard the country from a host of security threats. Since its inception, Islamabad’s foreign policy choices have been dictated and shaped by traditional […]
Economy
FATF and Pakistan
A plenary session of FATF was recently conducted from 21st Oct 2020 to 23rd Oct 2020. This session was very important for Pakistan for two reasons: Pakistan has been on the ‘grey list’ for the last two […]
Analysis
Industrial Sector of Pakistan: An Analysis of Its Exports
This article analyzes the industrial sector of Pakistan in terms of how the government is helping facilitate industries in manufacturing and export. Pakistan is an import and consumption-led economy and there is an effort to […]
Economy
A System in Disguise: Pakistan vs Covid-19
“The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” – Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks. The fault-lines […]