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2. Advisory Board
Dr Hasan-AskariRizvi
Political and Defence Analyst
Dr FarooqHasnat
Middle East specialist
Middle East Centre WashingtonDC
Dr Nilofer Mehdi
Analyst Pakistan Foreign Policy
Dr Maqsud al HasanNuri
Analyst Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Gulf
Acting President & Senior Research Fellow, Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI)
Dr A Z Hilali
Analyst South Asian Security
Dean of Contemporary StudiesNationalDefenceUniversity, Islamabad
Dr Mansoor Akbar Kundi
Vice Chancellor, GomalUniversity, D I Khan
Dr Muhammad Ahsan
Analyst Muslim World & International Political Economy
Dr Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Analyst Nuclearization
Dr NaumanZafar
University of Indiana, USA
Analyst PakistanUS Relations
Dr ZahidAnwer
Analyst Russia&Central Asia
GuoXiaobing
Fellow, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, Beijing
Faiza Mir
Analyst Balochistan& Tribal Areas

3. CONTENTS
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PART ONE
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
1.
What 2014Holds for Us
1
Tacstart Analyses
2.
The US Pakistan Relations: An Historical Review
15
TouqirHussain
3.
Pakistan - US Relations:Convergence and Divergence
25
4.
Roundtable Report
Iran Nuclear Deal:A Game Changer in International Relations?
29
SushantSareen
5.
Iran’s Nuclear Deal andStrategic Location of Pakistan
M. SulemanShahid
31
6.
After Nuclear Deal,Iran Reinforces Relations with India
Kaelin Lutz
33
7.
Iran Nuclear Deal:Regional Implications
D SubaChandran
34
8.
The New York Times Pronounces onDestabilisation of the Middle
East
Chris Marsden
36
9.
China’s Rise andthe Global Order
Javid Husain
37
10.
China’s Growing Role in Central Asiaand Implications for the United
States
Syed WaqasHaiderBukhari& Prof. Dr.NaudirBakht
42
11.
A Critical Analysis of Vietnam Warin Comparison with Afghan War
Muhammad SaleemMazhar&Naheed S. Goraya
50
12.
East Asia’s International Relationsin the Immediate Post-Cold War
Years
Dr.Bhuian Md. MonoarKabir, Dr.MustafizurRahman, Siddiqui& Md.
BakthearUddin
57
13.
The Shape of US-TurkeyTies, Europe, and SCO
Politact
73

4. PART TWO
ASIAN AFFAIRS
14.
Withdrawal of the US Troops from Afghanistan and its Implications
for Pakistan: Challenges and a Way Forward
76
Asmatullah Khan Wazir
15.
End of Afghanistan Game& Options for Pakistan
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI (M)
81
16.
Pakistan and the Geopolitics ofSupply Routes to Afghanistan
Zahid Anwar
Vision and the Indo-PakistanPeace Process
Dr MoonisAhmar
92
17.
18.
100
South Asian Security Compulsions:A Historical Analysis of IndiaPakistan Relations
GulshanMajeed
India – Pakistan Trade: Recent Developments, Future Prospects
and Risks
Dr Ishrat Husain
ICA Verdict on Kishengangato Dent Pak Water Interests
AlauddinMasood
108
21.
India, Pakistan and the Racefor Controlling the Arctic
Politact Analyses
130
22.
Indian Ocean: Globaland Regional Strategies
Iram Khalid
132
23.
Pakistan’s Option:SAARC or ECO?
Javid Husain
141
24.
Integration Theory and the Role ofthe Core State in Regional
Organizations
Manzoor Ahmad
145
25.
The Muslims of India:Policies and Practices
Tariq HameedBhatti
156
26.
Water dispute betweenIndia and Pakistan:
MemoonaShahid
166
27.
Pak-China Relations:Adding Substance to Slogan
Aarish U. Khan
174
19.
20.
115
128

5. 28.
Gwadar to Kashgar:Implications of New ‘Silk Route’
GulfNews
181
29.
Pakistan-Turkey Relations
Ayesha Aijaz, SamreenAkhlaque&SyedaSaharNadeem
184
30.
An Overview of CyberSecurity in Asia
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)
196
PART THREE
PAKISTAN AFFAIRS
31.
Foreign Policy of Pakistan:Internal Challenges
206
Muhammad SaleemMazhar&Naheed S. Goraya
32.
Authority without Accountability:The Search for Justice in Pakistan
International Commission of Jurists
213
33.
Threats toOur Democracy
Yasser LatifHamdani
254
34.
De-Radicalization:Pakistan’s Dilemmas
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI(M)
263
35.
Islam, Extremismand Pakistan
Muhammad Azam Khan and AiyshaSafdar
271
36.
Our ElusiveNationhood
277
Ali SarwarNaqvi
37.
Universal Primary Education in Pakistan:Constraints
Challenges
Muhammad ZakriaZakar, ShaziaQureshi, Razza-Ullah,
RubeenaZakar, NaumanAqil&RiffatManawar
and
280
38.
The Information Ageand Pakistan
Muhammad Azam Khan
290
39.
Pakistan’s Power Crisis:Challenges and the Way Forward
Khalid Saeed
299
40.
TAPI AND IP: Life Linesfor our Economy
Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal TI (M)
309
41.
SMEs and its Impact onEconomic Development in Pakistan
Qazi Abdul Subhan
315
42.
Agriculture Remainsa Neglected Sector
Aleem Malik
322