The Advanced Contemporary Affairs

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Advisory Board
Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi
Political and Defence Analyst
Dr Farooq Hasnat
Middle East specialist
Middle East Centre Washington DC
Dr Nilofer Mehdi
Analyst Pakistan Foreign Policy
Dr Maqsud al Hasan Nuri
Analyst Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Gulf
Former President & Senior Research Fellow, Islamabad Policy Research Institute
(IPRI)
Dr A Z Hilali
Analyst South Asian Security
Dean of Contemporary Studies National Defence University, Islamabad
Dr Mansoor Akbar Kundi
Vice Chancellor, Gomal University, D I Khan
Dr Muhammad Ahsan
Analyst Muslim World & International Political Economy
Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Analyst Nuclearization
Dr Nauman Zafar
University of Indiana, USA
Analyst Pakistan US Relations
Dr Zahid Anwer
Analyst Russia & Central Asia
Guo Xiaobing
Fellow, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Beijing
Faiza Mir
Analyst Balochistan & Tribal Areas

CONTENTS
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Description

Page

I. Pakistans
Domestic Affairs
of 1
1 Evolution
Democratic
System
.
in Pakistan
M Imtiaz Shahid
2 Bureaucracy: Pill or 1
. Panacea
6
A Critical Analysis of
the
Role
of
Bureaucracy
in
Pakistan
Dr. Aftab Ahmed
Mangi, Dr. Hakim Ali
Kanasro, Prof. Dr.
Aslam Pervez
Memon
3 Managing Local
. Governance in
Pakistan
Dr. Ghazal Khawaja
Hummayun Akhtar
4 Highlights of
. Economic Survey of
Pakistan 2014-15

1
9

2
4

Ministry of Finance
5 Social Problems in 3
. Pakistan
4
Rana Saad Iqbal,
Muhammad Ather
Shehzad, Ather
Abdul Jabbar, Qazi
Muhammad Ubaid

II. Pakistans
External Affairs
6 Pakistan and India 3
. Relations
Since 8
1947
7 A Short History of 4
. the
India-Pakistan 1
Conflict
8 Indian Role in
. Balochistan
M Imtiaz Shahid
9 Pak-China
. Economic Corridor:
The
Hopes
and
Reality
Aarish U. Khan

4
4
4
5

1 Pakistan
and 5
0 Shanghai
8
. Cooperation
Organization
Dr. Zahid Ali Khan

Pakistan - Afghan Relations:

Historic Mirror
Mohib Ullah Durani & Ashraf
Khan

66

12.

Pakistan-Russia Relations: Progress, Prospects and Constraints

Muhammad Hanif

78

13.

Pakistan Iran Relations

88
Wikipedia

14.

What Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Want from Each Other

Jonah Blank

94

15.

Yemen Crisis and Pakistan: A Holistic Overview

96

Khalid Iqbal
16.

Pakistans Relations with Indonesia

Wikipedia

103

17.

Pakistan-Turkey Relations
Ayesha Aijaz, Samreen Akhlaque & Syeda Sahar Nadeem

105

18.

Historical Perspective of Pakistan USA Relations: Lessons for Pakistan

Umbreen Javaid & Imrana Mushtaq

117

19.

Pakistan and the United Nations

Wikipedia

128

20.

Pakistan & SAARC

132
M Imtiaz Shahid

21.

Pakistan & ECO

137
Memoona Shahid

22.

Pakistans Option: SAARC or ECO?

Javid Husain

140

23.

Pakistan and the OIC

144
CSS Forum

24.

WTO & Its Impact on Pakistan Economy

Wajahat Ali Ghulam

25.

International Security

147

III. Global Issues

153
Kathleen H. Hicks
26.

International Political Economy

Hazzel D Wario

211

27.

World Population Prospects: Key Findings

World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision Summary and Key
Findings
Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, United
Nations

197

28.

World Population Policies

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

205

29.

Terrorism and Counter Terrorism

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

209

30.

Counter Terrorism

216

31.

Revisiting Counter-terrorism Strategies in Pakistan: Opportunities and

Pitfalls
ICG Report

218

32.

The New Geopolitics of Energy Resources Global Energy Politics and

Supply Security
Dr. Stefano Casertano
Nuclear Proliferation & Nuclear Safety and Security
Asim Cheema

233

34.

The Road to Pakistans Dismemberment: 1971

Maryam Mastoor

305

35.

Nuclear Politics and South Asia

301

33.

283

S. Iftikhar Murshed
36.

International Trade

311

Doha Development Round

315

Bali Package

320
Professor Raashid Mukhtar

Cooperation and Competition in Arabian Sea, Indian and Pacific

Oceans
37.

Arabian Sea

322
322

Dr. Samiullah
38.

Maritime Force Postures in the Arabian Sea History

324

ukessays.com
39.

Importance of Arabian Sea becomes clearer

326

Asif Ezdi
40.

Indian Ocean: Global and Regional Strategies

Iram Khalid

328

41.

A New Regional Cold War?

336

American and Chinese Posturing in the Pacific

Steven Ratuva
42.

Geopolitical Value of Gwader for the Region (Mainly for Pakistan, China
and the Region)

345

Naheeda Naseem
43.

Millennium Development Goals

352

United Nations
44.

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015

356

United Nations Report

45.

Globalization: Theory and Experience

361

Infed.org
46.

The Pros and Cons of Globalization

367

Mike Collins
47.

Impact of Globalization on Pakistan

369

Mahroo Shahzad

Middle East Crisis

48.

Crisis in the Middle East: The End of a Country, and the Start of a New
Dark Age

372

Patrick Cockburn
49.

Syria: The Story of the Conflict

375

Lucy Rodgers, David Gritten, James Offer and Patrick Asare

50.

The Islamic State: From al-Qaeda Affiliate to Caliphate

377

Ahmed S. Hashim
51.

Kashmir Issue

386
M Imtiaz Shahid

52.

Primer on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Middle East Research and Information Project

395

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