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Imagining Post-American Afghanistan: How the Conflict of Ideas May Precipitate the Second Civil War
Peace is always an alluring prospect regardless of time or place. From it, mushrooms growth and prosperity whereas whenever it dwindles is ensured ruination. Historically, in the post-war world order,…
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Towards An ‘Afghan-led and Afghan-owned’ Reconciliation
For several decades, Afghanistan has been bereft of peace either due to foreign interventions on the part of super powers like the former Soviet Union and the US or due…
From Rhetorical Moderation to Literal Extravagance: Saudi Crown Price Visits Pakistan
The Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman – who remained in the headlines over the past few months in the wake of Saudi Arabia’s ambiguous stance on the mysterious killing…
Demonetization in India: Cost and Consequences from the Political Economy Perspective
In November 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the cessation of Rupees 500 and Rupees 1000 notes, the two largest denomination notes which accounted in total for 86 per cent…
Evolution of Artificial Intelligence: From Perceptron to Big Data
In the last 70 years the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) saw many stages with both optimism and despair at the same time. The initial foot prints can be found…
Creative Destruction: Pakistan’s Track to Modernity
When something is destroyed, it makes room for recreation. Loss is inevitable, but destruction provides an opportunity for reconstructing what was, into something bigger and better than before. Joseph Schumpeter…
Dispatch 2 – Muhammad Arif on the Historical Background of Gwadar
In the second episode of Experts Dispatch, CSCR interviewed Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Balochistan Muhammad Arif. Mr. Arif explained the historical background of Gwadar in a...