Peace & Conflict

Peace & Conflict

Beyond Return and Resettlement: The impact of Exposure and Interactions on the Post-Conflict Development of North Waziristan

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As the title suggests, our study documents the impact of exposure and interactions on the post-conflict development of North Waziristan. It avoids the reductionist approach of subjecting the discourse around Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) to mere marginalized bodies. Instead, our study helps us understand how, through the ‘networks of interactions’ and exposure, returnees can meaningfully…

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Climate Proofing Indus Water Treaty

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Mankind is the major environmental force in changing the geological facade of the Earth. Climate change, a human induced phenomenon, has emerged to be reckoned with as a global reality that can neither be denied nor neglected. The global warming and the melting of glaciers around the world at an alarming rate is its prime…

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Peacekeeping as Military Diplomacy: The Case of Pakistan’s Peacekeeping Missions

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Conflict resolution, mediation and bilateral – multilateral negotiation is traditionally associated with the conventional and traditional diplomacy or public diplomacy. Modern evolution of international relations has not only perfected the art of diplomacy, but also cultivated crops of career diplomats, whose praxis of the subject matter makes them the flagbearers of national integrity and representatives…

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Unravelling the Contextual Realities in Post-Conflict North Waziristan

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In view of the ascending complexity in post-conflict literature and practices, the issues ‎specifically pertaining to post-conflict security reconstruction, development, and political economy become highly complicated. ‎With regards, a research project was carried out (during 2019-2021) by the Centre for International Peace and Stability (CIPS) with the collaboration of Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Islamabad. The…