‘Eurocentrism’ in the Field of International Relations (IR) The field of International Relations (IR) adopts a ‘Eurocentric’ gaze in envisioning world politics. With Eurocentric biases contaminating IR, the discipline is identified as being parochial and...
‘Decolonizing’ higher education in Pakistan: If not now, when? A body of discourse is emerging on the practice of ‘decolonization’ within education and the larger social sciences. Putting it plainly, decolonization means “the undoing of colonialism.”1...
Western hegemonic discourse on ‘Pakistan’ and the absence of counter-discourse from Pakistan: An introspective study Disciplines entail power relations. In the discipline of International Relations, power, which is exercised in the form of ‘epistemic privilege’ by the...
Russia-Ukraine War from a Global South Perspective: Unveiling Western Hypocrisy I am writing to draw attention to the Western hypocrisy that is in full display following the developments taking place in Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin...
The Non-Traditional Security Threat of Climate Change in South Asia The new security agenda that emerged towards the end of the Cold War allowed a reconfiguration of the concept of security. There was a shift from traditional to non-traditional security dimensions....
