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PAKISTAN-RUSSIA EMERGING COOPERATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Get PDFBilateral relations between states have always been dynamic and can go in either direction. For much of history, Pakistan and Russia have remained in a contained relationship, particularly during the Cold War. However, post 9/11, due to changes in Pakistan\u27s pro-Taliban policy, gradual ground for re-engagement has risen into prominence between Russia and Pakistan. But, because of the troubling history, both sides remained distant. However, for the past ten years, due to the change in the international order, both countries found each other in the convergence of bilateral relations. The research paper intended to employ the commercial liberalism branch of neoliberal institutionalism to evaluate emerging bilateral ties between Russia and Pakistan. Based on Immanuel Kant’s principle of universal hospitality, commercial liberalism sheds light on the importance of economic interdependence and free trade in sustaining peace. The impending challenges and compelling opportunities were discussed in this paper. The nature of bilateral relations sprouted from opportunities and challenges and was categorised into complementary and non-complementary bifurcation. Based on this division, the research has argued that the trajectory of emergent bilateral relations has ample space to grow and head upward. The study suggests that institutional mechanisms such as JMCC, JMC, and JWGs, with their potential to navigate challenges, offer reassurance in the face of potential obstacles in bilateral relations.
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Ali, Usman and Tauseef Javed. 2024. "Pakistan-Russia Emerging Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges." Margalla Papers 28 (1): 141-160
PAKISTAN-RUSSIA EMERGING COOPERATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Get PDFBilateral relations between states have always been dynamic and can go in either direction. For much of history, Pakistan and Russia have remained in a contained relationship, particularly during the Cold War. However, post 9/11, due to changes in Pakistan's pro-Taliban policy, gradual ground for re-engagement has risen into prominence between Russia and Pakistan. But, because of the troubling history, both sides remained distant. However, for the past ten years, due to the change in the international order, both countries found each other in the convergence of bilateral relations. The research paper intended to employ the commercial liberalism branch of neoliberal institutionalism to evaluate emerging bilateral ties between Russia and Pakistan. Based on Immanuel Kant’s principle of universal hospitality, commercial liberalism sheds light on the importance of economic interdependence and free trade in sustaining peace. The impending challenges and compelling opportunities were discussed in this paper. The nature of bilateral relations sprouted from opportunities and challenges and was categorised into complementary and non-complementary bifurcation. Based on this division, the research has argued that the trajectory of emergent bilateral relations has ample space to grow and head upward. The study suggests that institutional mechanisms such as JMCC, JMC, and JWGs, with their potential to navigate challenges, offer reassurance in the face of potential obstacles in bilateral relations.
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Ali, Usman and Tauseef Javed. 2024. "Pakistan-Russia Emerging Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges." Margalla Papers 28 (1): 141-160
REVISITING THAILAND\u27S PARANOIA: SEATO AS A SAFEGUARD AGAINST VIETNAM SYNDROME
Get PDFDuring the Cold War, the opposing stances of the US and USSR caused a bipolar global system that lacked a unipolar centre of power, leading to a stronger centrifugal pull. The Vietnam War made Southeast Asia a hotbed for these tensions. Following the fall of French troops in Dien Bien Phu in 1954, the US aimed to solidify its position and successfully created the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) through the efforts of Secretary of State Dulles and like-minded nations. To explain the political implications, the Michael Brecher geographical framework has been chosen. This framework highlights the dominant and subordinate systems of international relations during the Cold War period and describes the operation and evolution of SEATO. By incorporating guidelines into the charter, the treaty zone became a space where signatories could resolve their issues. This reference framework helps to identify the causal determinant in the stimuli of an individual signatory. Despite being a group of countries with varied interests, the interaction between the US and Thailand during the Vietnam War showed that Thailand\u27s skilful aggregation of marginal gains resulted from its inherent paranoia against the Vietnam syndrome. Furthermore, the study reveals that Thailand had a significant influence in shaping Washington\u27s policy for Southeast Asia and used its gains as a launching pad to control the spread of Communism.
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Javed, Tauseef, Sun Jiandang and Ayisha Khurshid. 2023. "Revisiting Thailand\u27s Paranoia: SEATO As a Safeguard Against Vietnam Syndrome." Margalla Papers 27 (1): 138-154
"آدمی" از عرفان جاوید: تجزیاتی مطالعہ: “Aadmi” by Irfan Javed : Analytical Study
No full textMan and mannerism is study focus of those literary critics who have given respect and value to humanity as social being and master piece of creation on the earth by God Almighty. Author under discussion Irfan javed has effective interaction with high caliber literary personalities and explored their attributes through insight regarding intellectualism and literary contribution.Sketch writing in literature is like sculpture making type art where brush and hammer are used to develop a pen picture, same has been performed by the author of “Naya Aadmi, Purana Aadmi” First sketch by the author is museum of aesthetics and blend of old and new which inspire the reader up to the ending of sketch. The author of this article has highlighted critically how interaction is source of learning for the generation of readers. Author's viewpoint and critical thinking skills have opened new ways to study sketch writing
’’اکیسویں صدی کے اُردو ناولوں میں وجودی فکر کا تجزیاتی مطالعہ ‘‘
No full textExistentialism is a Philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will. Major themes of this philosophy are Existence precedes essence, Absurdity Nihilism, condemned to be free, lack of meaning in life, Absence of the hand of the power who create this world. Many writers in 21st century utilized existentialist streaks in their writings to depict the poor plight and helplessness of individuals in the society, among those Khalid Javed Mout Ki Kitab Khalida Hussain Kagzi Ghat and Musharaf Alam Zouqi Lay sans Bi Aahista and Murda Khana main Aurat are notable. Existentialist which are present in Dr. Arifa Shahzad’s Novel are discussed in this Article. Dr. Arifa Shahzad is one of the famous writers in the 21st Century. “Main Timsal Hoon” is the first Novel of Arifa Shahzad which is an Existential Novel.
Vernacular Imperialism, Vedic Nationalism: Listening for Disparate Accents in the Linguistic Survey of India Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson?s Linguistic Survey of India. By Javed Majeed. London: Routledge, 2018.266 pages. ISBN 9781138320086.?115 (hbk).:Listening for Disparate Accents in the Linguistic Survey of India
Get PDFThis is a review essay focussed on two books by Javed Majeed, 'Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India' and 'Nation and Region in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India' (Routledge, 2019).© 2019, The Author. The attached document (embargoed until 16/04/2021) is an author produced version of a paper published in INTERVENTIONS: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it
Trade, development and globalization
No full text© 2014 S. Javed Maswood. In part two, the author explores the possibility that economic globalization may finally deliver to developing countries what they had failed to achieve in five decades of multilateral negotiations - an opportunity to climb the industrialization ladder and achieve development. The book offers a proposal for revising the format of trade negotiations in a way that helps overcome stalemates and deadlocks.This book provides a longitudinal study of developing country involvement in multilateral trade negotiations.The trade regime established at the end of the Second World War did not cater for, and in some cases excluded, the developmental interests of the newly independent countries. This book offers a detailed analysis of:• The first attempts to revise the trade regime in the 1960s through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the formation of the Group of 77 to enhance their bargaining potential.• The mixed coalition strategy, with the Cairns Group in the Uruguay Round of GATT.• The new bargaining coalition, the Group of Twenty, that took on a much more confrontational and assertive bargaining position in the unsuccessful Doha round of the World Trade Organization.Trade, Development and Globalization will be of interest to students and scholars of international trade, trade and development, negotiation, global governance, political economy, international relations and economics.https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_books/1050/thumbnail.jp
Supporting Spreadsheet Maintenance with Dependency Notification
No full textSpreadsheets in the industry are used by multiple employees in organizations, and they remain in use for several years. Maintenance of existing spreadsheets is thus common. One of the issues in maintaining spreadsheets is the fact that formulas create cell dependencies, and these dependencies are invisible to users. To address this, dependence tracing techniques have been developed, both commercially and in research. However, these techniques are effort consuming, and are designed as separate activities that force the users to leave the context of editing spreadsheets. As such, these techniques are not suitably supportive for usual spreadsheet maintenance tasks. In this extended abstract, we present our work in progress on a novel approach for notifying users of cell dependencies, integrated into the context of editing spreadsheets. We present a preliminary evaluation of the approach in the form of an exploratory user-study with seven employees of a financial modeling company. Results show that the approach has the potential to support industrial spreadsheet users in the context of spreadsheet maintenance, as indicated by the responses of six out of seven participants.Software EngineeringSoftware Technolog
Influence of Engineered Roughness on the Flow Instabilities in a Centrifugal Compressor
No full textCentrifugal compressors form an integral part of automotive turbochargers. Strict emission regulations and increased engine downsizing in the automotive industry are pushing the turbocharger centrifugal compressors to provide the charged air at very lower mass flow rates. However, at low mass flow rates, the operation and application of centrifugal compressors for a given turbocharger is limited by the fluid dynamic instabilities. These flow instabilities cause the compressor to enter the state of stall and/or surge. Stall defines the lower limit of stable operating range for the compression system. The suppression of this flow instability is a key research focus of turbomachinery aerodynamics. In this thesis, an attempt has been made to reduce the compressor instability and subsequently increase the surge margin by the application of engineered roughness on different compressor parts. The analysis has been split into two parts. Firstly, CFD analysis have been carried out on several test cases to validate the reliability of the commercial solver. The comparison of the CFD results with the available reference data shows a reasonable agreement in terms of prediction of laminar to turbulent transition location and influence of wall roughness on transition onset location. Secondly, a detailed CFD analysis of the centrifugal compressor has been made in two phases. In the first phase, the overall compressor performance has been simulated from stall to choke over a specific turbocharger rotational speed. In the second phase, a parametric roughness study has been carried out by considering the effects of predefined wall roughness and localized roughness strips on the unstable flow in the compressor at low mass flow rates. For the wall roughness evaluation, the roughness has been applied on the impeller blades, impeller shroud, diffuser and inlet shroud. On the other hand, for the localized roughness strips, roughness have been defined at specific locations at the main blade suction side and the diffuser shroud. The analysis reveals a reduction in flow instability in the compressor domain. The steady state simulations show a significant improvement in the flow structure of the diffuser in terms of the reduction in flow reversal. Furthermore, an improvement in the impeller is observed by reduction in the low momentum wake region.Process and Energy TechnologyMechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineerin
Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of Quranic Translations: A Study of Maulana Maududi and Javed Ghamidi's Interpretation of the Verse 256 of Surah Al-Baqarah
Get PDFThis paper employs comparative discourse analysis to examine Maulana Maududi and Javed Ghamidi's interpretations of a part of the verse in Surah Al-Baqarah (2:256) in the Quran. Applying Fairclough's theory as the foundation, comparative CDA sheds light on linguistic variations, discourse structures, and ideological foundations for in depth exploration of the debate. The analysis encompasses textual, discursive, and social dimensions to uncover differences in lexical choices and rhetorical devices used by each author and reveals differing perspectives within the language construction of both translations influenced by historical, cultural, and intellectual factors. Specifically, it contrasts Maududi's assertive political language with Ghamidi's more rational and adaptable writing style. The power structures and ideological influences in society reflect Maududi's emphasis on an Islamic state compared to Ghamidi's contextual, rational Islam. Translations impact societal dynamics by reinforcing specific interpretations, such as Maududi's clarity on doctrine or Ghamidi's promotion of individual autonomy. This research expands our understanding of diverse viewpoints within the Islamic discourse on religious freedom and coercion in the translation of the verse
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