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Issue 12 – Winter 2015
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- Issue 12 – Winter 2015
Water and Disaster Management in South Asia: Threats to Peace and Security1
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues
- March 25, 2015
The statement of the UN Security Council identifying the impacts of climate change as a threat to international peace and security is most timely. Climate change has become not only one of the greatest challenges to international peace and security, but also the greatest emerging humanitarian and development challenge of our time. There is a
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Revisiting Hunger in South Asia0
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues
- March 25, 2015
Hungry Kya? (Are you Hungry?) This widespread pseudo language phrase has been floating around in electronic, print and digital media besides being projected on billboards across South Asia. The advertiser, while using this phrase along with the image of a slice of a pizza, invites the attention of a section of population to the culture
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India and China as Rising Powers: Collision or Cooperation?0
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues
- March 25, 2015
The parallel rise of India and China is one of the most significant developments in the twenty-first century. It excites a lot of curiosity and speculation, on the one hand, and has immense theoretical and empirical significance on the other. The key question being asked everywhere is whether India and China will be rivals or
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Freedom of Religions in Semi Secularized Societies: Case of India0
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues
- March 25, 2015
Many colonies saw a transition to industrial society in a half-baked manner. With the coming of the British in India, on one hand they introduced the modern industries, modern education leading to the rise of modern industrial, labor and educated classes. On the other the feudal elements continued and came up with politics in the
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State of Fear and Dwindling Citizenship0
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues
- March 25, 2015
In the aftermath of the Peshawar tragedy in which 150 people, mostly school children, lost their lives, Pakistan has become a nation extremely concerned about security. The periphery walls of many schools were raised a couple of feet; some schools have installed cages around their entrances while others have hired police. As children returned to
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Addressing the challenges of population growth and regional security: the case of Pakistan0
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues
- March 25, 2015
A growing population affects sustainability on many fronts while its associated insecurities pose real threats to a country like Pakistan. In the modern age, increasing consumption and diminishing resources arising from more and more people on the planet is a political and developmental challenge faced by many governments around the globe. World population
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Disaster Risk Governance: A Study of Kashmir Floods 20140
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues
- March 25, 2015
Satellite images showing landmarks of Srinagar, before and after the 2014 Kashmir floods (from top to bottom: 1) Budshah Bridge across Jhelum river, 2) Bakshi stadium, the state’s first synthetic football pitch, 3) Triangular Park, Jawahar Nagar. Only rooftops are visible after the floods, 4) Intersection near Athwagan. National highways 1A and 1D went under water). The recent floods in
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An Analysis of the Condition of Bangladesh Female RMG Workers2
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues
- March 25, 2015
Though trade liberalization creates many opportunities for developing countries and their marginalized people—like low-skilled Bangladeshi women garment workers who got the option to work in the garment (RMG) industry to earn money for their family—it also creates vulnerabilities for them which are largely responsible for health susceptibilities, mental pressure, low life standards, etc.
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Pakistan’s Problems and Possible Solutions0
- Issue 12 - Winter 2015, Issues, Reviews
- March 25, 2015
Book Review: Pakistan: Beyond the ‘Crisis State’ ed. Maleeha Lodhi Dedicated to the resilient people of Pakistan who deserve a better future is the underlying theme of the book. Dr. Maleeha Lodhi’s Pakistan Beyond ‘the Crisis State’ is definitely an original and path-breaking contribution to the country’s centrist discourse on the multiple issues faced by
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