Introduction In my previous article about the Ukraine crisis, I discussed its roots and mentioned the following three objectives Russia stated for invading Ukraine Demilitarise Ukraine: Firstly, to demilitarize Ukraine, preventing it from joining NATO and ensuring its neutral status, thus stopping NATO’s expansion into countries that were once within…

What is World Order? World order refers to the arrangement of power & authority that provides the framework for the conduct of diplomacy and world politics on a global scale. …

Abstract Despite being sparsely populated, agriculturally insignificant, industrially underdeveloped, and not blessed with known extraordinary mineral wealth up till now, Afghanistan has been playing a larger-than-life role in world politics throughout history. …

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Introduction Economic growth and political stability are deeply interconnected. While uncertainty associated with an unstable political environment may reduce the pace of economic development, poor economic performance may lead to government collapse and political unrest. What is Economic Growth/Development? Economic growth is the process whereby a country’s real national income…

Introduction North Atlantic Treaty Organization (*NATO) was created in 1949 by 12 countries, including U.S., Canada & other Western European countries, to provide collective security against the former USSR In May 1955, West Germany joined NATO, which was one of the conditions agreed to as part of the end of…

Introduction Political development and political modernisation are one of the most important concepts in political science with a lot of controversy about their definitions and contents. I will try to explain them but expect some headaches. What is Political Development? I will define it as the process whereby a political…

What is a System A system is a group of elements interacting among themselves for a purpose under certain rules of the game. It has thus four features It consists of multiple parts All parts are interacting with one another; the mal-functioning of one or more affects the whole system …

What is Two-nation Theory? The Two-Nation Theory was one of the formulas to find a solution for the peaceful dissolution of the vast but crumbling British Indian Empire in the 1940s. It suggested that the Hindus and Muslims of India were two separate nations based on their respective cultural markers…