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FROM INTERVENTION TO EXIT: AN ANALYSIS OF POST-9/11 US STRATEGIES IN AFGHANISTAN
Full text linkFollowing the US exit from Afghanistan, the debate revolves around why US intervention in Afghanistan, the longest and one of the most expensive in its history, has failed in defeating the Taliban and realising a durable state-building. The debate considers endogenous factors that explore US and Taliban strategies and exogenous factors that underline the role of regional and extra-regional actors in determining the outcome of the Afghan conflict. This paper, therefore, focuses on faults and inconsistencies within and across US strategies in Afghanistan, i.e., the use of military force, political settlement, and state-building. It also examines US strategies vis-à-vis conflict in Afghanistan under four US administrations – from Bush to Biden – to ascertain why these strategies proved ineffective. These strategies have been analysed by following the conceptual framework of Game Theory. The paper argues that US strategies for entering Afghanistan were detached from the ground realities, which was the critical factor for its failure to achieve the desired outcome of the conflict.
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Shad, Muhammad Riaz, and Sajid Iqbal. 2021. "From Intervention to Exit: An Analysis of Post-9/11 US Strategies in Afghanistan." Margalla Papers 25 (2): 23-34
Ipomea hederacea Jacq.: A Medicinal Herb with Promising Health Benefits
No full textIpomea hederacea Jacq. (kaladana or ivy leaf morning-glory), a member of the family Convolvulaceae, is used primarily for its seeds and recognized for its medicinal properties, especially in Asian countries. This medicinal herb contains various valuable chemical constituents such as ecdysteriods, steroidal glycosides, aromatic acids, triterpenes, amino acids, organic acids, mineral elements and vitamins. A number of pharmacological properties such as diuretic, anthelmintic, blood purifier, deobstruent, laxative, carminative and anti-inflammatory actions have been ascribed to this plant, besides its use to treat abdominal diseases, fevers, headache and bronchitis. This review focuses on compositional, medicinal and therapeutic properties of this plant, as a potential sources of bioactive molecules for medicinal and nutraceutical applications
DYNAMICS OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN SOUTH ASIA: LESSONS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION
Full text linkRegional integration is aimed at promoting socioeconomic growth and development in a region through economic cooperation among the member states. The European Union (EU) was established to promote economic and political cooperation among member countries. EU’s unprecedented success in regional integration offers lessons for other regions. Unlike the EU, SAARC has not been successful in achieving significant economic integration among member states. Despite its potential, SAARC has been plagued by political and economic differences among member states, especially between Pakistan and India. South Asian countries are unable to boost regional integration not only because of their political differences but also due to other sub-regional and trans-regional initiatives that run anti to the spirit of regional integration under the umbrella of SAARC. India’s role towards regional integration in South Asia is considered significant being the leading nation in the region. This paper first identifies the economic and political factors that hinder regional integration in South Asia. Then, it focuses on the dynamics of successful regional integration in Europe intending to underline the lessons to be learned by the South Asian countries to boost their regional cooperation.
Bibliography Entry
Niaz, Muhammad Tariq and Muhammad Riaz Shad. 2023. "Dynamics of Regional Integration in South Asia: Lessons from the European Union." Margalla Papers 27 (2): 85-101
sj-doc-3-cpc-10.1177_10556656221082765 - Supplemental material for A Single Stage Composite Cleft Septorhinoplasty for Correction of the Mature Unilateral Cleft Nose Deformity - The Gujrat Technique
No full textSupplemental material, sj-doc-3-cpc-10.1177_10556656221082765 for A Single Stage Composite Cleft Septorhinoplasty for Correction of the Mature Unilateral Cleft Nose Deformity - The Gujrat Technique by Diaa Othman, Mark Gorman, Muhammad Adil Abbas Khan, Yangmyung Ma, Dujanah Siddique Bhatti, Sadia Rafiq, Hussan Berkhez Shami, George Lye, Michael McBride, and Muhammad Riaz in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal</p
sj-doc-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656221082765 - Supplemental material for A Single Stage Composite Cleft Septorhinoplasty for Correction of the Mature Unilateral Cleft Nose Deformity - The Gujrat Technique
No full textSupplemental material, sj-doc-2-cpc-10.1177_10556656221082765 for A Single Stage Composite Cleft Septorhinoplasty for Correction of the Mature Unilateral Cleft Nose Deformity - The Gujrat Technique by Diaa Othman, Mark Gorman, Muhammad Adil Abbas Khan, Yangmyung Ma, Dujanah Siddique Bhatti, Sadia Rafiq, Hussan Berkhez Shami, George Lye, Michael McBride, and Muhammad Riaz in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal</p
sj-doc-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221082765 - Supplemental material for A Single Stage Composite Cleft Septorhinoplasty for Correction of the Mature Unilateral Cleft Nose Deformity - The Gujrat Technique
No full textSupplemental material, sj-doc-1-cpc-10.1177_10556656221082765 for A Single Stage Composite Cleft Septorhinoplasty for Correction of the Mature Unilateral Cleft Nose Deformity - The Gujrat Technique by Diaa Othman, Mark Gorman, Muhammad Adil Abbas Khan, Yangmyung Ma, Dujanah Siddique Bhatti, Sadia Rafiq, Hussan Berkhez Shami, George Lye, Michael McBride, and Muhammad Riaz in The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal</p
DYNAMICS OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN SOUTH ASIA: LESSONS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION
Full text linkRegional integration is aimed at promoting socioeconomic growth and development in a region through economic cooperation among the member states. The European Union (EU) was established to promote economic and political cooperation among member countries. EU’s unprecedented success in regional integration offers lessons for other regions. Unlike the EU, SAARC has not been successful in achieving significant economic integration among member states. Despite its potential, SAARC has been plagued by political and economic differences among member states, especially between Pakistan and India. South Asian countries are unable to boost regional integration not only because of their political differences but also due to other sub-regional and trans-regional initiatives that run anti to the spirit of regional integration under the umbrella of SAARC. India’s role towards regional integration in South Asia is considered significant being the leading nation in the region. This paper first identifies the economic and political factors that hinder regional integration in South Asia. Then, it focuses on the dynamics of successful regional integration in Europe intending to underline the lessons to be learned by the South Asian countries to boost their regional cooperation.
Bibliography Entry
Niaz, Muhammad Tariq and Muhammad Riaz Shad. 2023. "Dynamics of Regional Integration in South Asia: Lessons from the European Union." Margalla Papers 27 (2): 85-101
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
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