International Relations

National Science &Technology Park (NSTP) holds a series of Webinars focusing on Digital Transformation & Innovation Landscape

Posted on January 26, 2021

Interactive webinar on “Digital Transformation and Innovation Landscape Beyond Pandemic – An Asian Perspective” was held on 25th November 2020. During the session, esteemed speakers from Pakistan, China, Norway, Malaysia and Spain delivered talks on their respective topics which were followed by questions and answers on each topic. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Mohammad Ali…

Multi-domain Impact of Corona Virus Pandemic

Posted on June 18, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has swept away the fabric of governance worldwide like strong wind blows away garments hung on the clothesline to dry. In place of a sense of control and direction which was until recently the universal hallmark of the managers and directors of the affairs of the state, there is now a widespread…

International Relations Peace & Conflict

How Balance of Power Shapes the World

Posted on May 21, 2020

The twin concepts and mechanisms of the balance of power and power maximization act as key global geopolitical drivers in the current international system. What these concepts mean in the simplest terms is this: the anarchic nature of the international system compels states to act as relentless power acquisition entities in order to ensure their…

International Relations

COVID-19: Reshaping Politics, Economy and Society

Posted on May 7, 2020

While we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in 2020, COVID-19 is restyling the priorities of globalization. The actions of states–whether these are preferences for strategic and economic interests over managing the shifting sands of climate change, perils of livelihoods, or matters of lives – reflect that the world is changing and the challenges…

Arts, Social Sciences & Humanities International Relations Peace & Conflict

The Millennium of Conflict-led Growth

Posted on January 16, 2020

There is a need to provisionally suspend the traditional periodization of history as ancient, medieval, and modern and instead take the 11th century CE as the point of departure for the modern global rise and dominance of the West. Doing this allows us to see first that the 11th century marked a reversal of almost…

International Relations Peace & Conflict

Shun Power Politics for Sustainable Development

Posted on January 6, 2020

Herman Daly, the renowned ecological economist, in his book, The Steady-State Economics (1977), exposes the fallacy inherent in the concept of unlimited growth which is based on the refusal or failure to realize that the environment, which encloses all socioeconomic activity since the latter takes place within the confines of the former, is a limited…