politics

The Afghanistan Papers: a Secret History of war

Analyzing 20 years of US-Afghan war

Book Name: The Afghanistan Papers : A Secret History of the War Author: Craig Whitlock  The crashing of hijacked planes into the World Trade Center and on Pentagon on September 11, 2001, by the reported hijackers of Al-Qaeda alarmed the Americans about their safety in this isolated continental mainland which had not faced any direct […]

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Pakistan, strategy, grand. India, book,

Steering Pakistan in a zig zag World

Book Name: Pakistan and a World in Disorder : A Grand Strategy for the Twenty-First Century Author: Javid Husain Pakistan with a 250 million population having an area of 882000 square kilometers is the second largest South Asian country by area. With its independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, Pakistan has been an important

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Pakistan, a hard country, book, Anatol Lieven,

Pakistan, a hard and diverse country

Book Name: Pakistan: A Hard Country Author Name: Anatol Lieven First published in 2012 at a time when Pakistan was facing a relenting spate of terrorism across the country, the book values the importance of Pakistan as a state with a huge Muslim population, and a strong standing army equipped with nuclear weapons.  The Islamic

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land the state and war property institutions and political order in Afghanistan, book,

Private vs Collective, property in chaotic Afghanistan

Book Name; Land, the State, and War Authors; Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Ilia Murtazashvili The mountainous war-ravaged country of Afghanistan does not have a well-formed and established footing for securing private property as is common in other developed countries of the world. Being rural and clannish in nature, the utility and efficacy of such legal setups

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Bringing peace in a technical way!

Book Name: Peace Technology Author: Prof. Bhusan Das Fani Professor Bhusan Das Fani in collaboration with Elizabeth Jacquel of the United States presented the concept of Technology for World Peace. Like any other pure and hardcore sciences and technological development, Peace could also be developed and implemented in humans’ daily lives.  Which could be inculcated

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the politics of sport in South Asia, book, cricket, politics, history,

Cricket politics: interplaying in grounds of South Asia

Book Name; The Politics of Sport in South Asia Editors; Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Shantanu Chakrabarti, and Kingshuk Chatterjee Egyptians, Romans, Greeks and even barbaric tribes had some notion of sport, leisure, and physical activities. Their conception varied according to their level of civilization and mental growth but one thing was common among them, they believed in

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4 state analysis, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, book,

4 South Asians smouldering and fraying

Book Name: Internal Conflicts: A Four State Analysis ( India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar ) Editor: V.R. Raghavan The four South Asian states, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar have a collective population of 1690 million.  India shares its borders with Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar while the Sri Lankan peninsula is separated by the Palk

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Media as Politics in South Asia, book, channels, TVs, media,

Media as arbiter between masses and state

Book Name: Media as Politics in South Asia Editors: Sahana Udupa, Stephen McDowell Can we imagine a society that is immune or at least less influenced by the impact of media both traditional and non-traditional?  Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad were the media of their times hymning to the war heroes. The same techniques and tactics

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Contrasts and contradictions in 3 Societies

Contrasts and contradictions in 3 Societies

Book Name; Identity, Conflict, and Politics in Turkey, Iran and Pakistan Editors: Olivier Grojean, and Gilles Dorronsora Pakistan, Iran and Turkey are the three major countries of the Muslim world.  With a 394 million population in total, the three Muslim countries have always been a roller coaster of world political wrangling. Three have always remained

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South China sea, politics, regime, management, peace, conlicts, book,

Simmering politics of South China Sea

Book Name: Security and International Politics in the South China Sea: Towards a Co-operative management regime Editors: Ralf Emmers, Sam Batman The marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, the South China Sea, is an important maritime trade route through which at least USD 3 billion in trade is shipped each year.  Bordered on the northern

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