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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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I. Pakistan’s Domestic Affairs

1. Evolution of Democratic System in Pakistan 1

M Imtiaz Shahid
2. Bureaucracy: Pill or Panacea 16
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 19
Dr. Ghazal Khawaja Hummayun Akhtar

4. Highlights of Economic Survey of Pakistan 2014-15 24

Ministry of Finance
5. Social Problems in Pakistan 34
Rana Saad Iqbal, Muhammad Ather Shehzad, Ather Abdul Jabbar, Qazi
Muhammad Ubaid

II. Pakistan’s External Affairs

6. Pakistan and India Relations Since 1947 38

7. A Short History of the India-Pakistan Conflict 41

8. Indian Role in Balochistan 44

M Imtiaz Shahid
9. Pak-China Economic Corridor: The Hopes and Reality 45
Aarish U. Khan
10. Pakistan and Shanghai Cooperation Organization 58
Dr. Zahid Ali Khan

11. Pakistan - Afghan Relations: Historic Mirror 66

Mohib Ullah Durani & Ashraf Khan

12. Pakistan-Russia Relations: Progress, Prospects and Constraints 78

Muhammad Hanif

13. Pakistan Iran Relations 88

Wikipedia

14. What Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Want from Each Other 94
Jonah Blank
15. Yemen Crisis and Pakistan: A Holistic Overview 96
Khalid Iqbal’
16. Pakistan’s Relations with Indonesia 103
Wikipedia

17. Pakistan-Turkey Relations 105

Ayesha Aijaz, Samreen Akhlaque & Syeda Sahar Nadeem

18. Historical Perspective of Pakistan USA Relations: Lessons for Pakistan 117
Umbreen Javaid & Imrana Mushtaq

19. Pakistan and the United Nations 128

Wikipedia

20. Pakistan & SAARC 132

M Imtiaz Shahid

21. Pakistan & ECO 137

Memoona Shahid

22. Pakistan’s Option: SAARC or ECO? 140

Javid Husain
23. Pakistan and the OIC 144
CSS Forum

24. WTO & Its Impact on Pakistan Economy 147

Wajahat Ali Ghulam

III. Global Issues

25. International Security 153
Kathleen H. Hicks

26. International Political Economy 211

Hazzel D Wario

27. World Population Prospects: Key Findings 197

World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision Summary and Key
Findings
Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, United
Nations
28. World Population Policies 205
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs

29. Terrorism and Counter Terrorism 209

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs
30. Counter Terrorism 216

31. Revisiting Counter-terrorism Strategies in Pakistan: Opportunities and 218

Pitfalls
ICG Report

32. The New Geopolitics of Energy Resources Global Energy Politics and 233
Supply Security
Dr. Stefano Casertano
33. Nuclear Proliferation & Nuclear Safety and Security 283
Asim Cheema

34. The Road to Pakistan’s Dismemberment: 1971 305

Maryam Mastoor

35. Nuclear Politics and South Asia 301

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
322
Arabian Sea
37. 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 328

Iram Khalid
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 345
and the Region)
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 372
Dark Age
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 395

Middle East Research and Information Project
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