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Captive Minds, Coloniality and International Relations

Captive Minds, Coloniality and International Relations

Ever since Stanley Hoffman1 exposed International Relations as a hegemonized discipline, there has been a growing trend among International Relations scholars to unveil the knowledge and power structures which sustain the hegemony of the West in knowledge production...

Reading Between the Lines: The Devil is in the Interpretation

Reading Between the Lines: The Devil is in the Interpretation

“…now is not the moment to blame the victim,” writes Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Steven Tian, and Dan Raviv in Time Magazine1 while defending the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who has made Gaza the world’s largest ‘open-air prison’2 and killed thousands of...

‘Eurocentrism’ in the Field of International Relations (IR)

‘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 not representative of the non-Western realities. Various scholars from...

‘Decolonizing’ higher education in Pakistan: If not now, when?

‘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 Decolonization signifies a range of positions that argue that despite former...

The Use of Human Shields in Contemporary Armed Conflicts

The Use of Human Shields in Contemporary Armed Conflicts

The 21st century has brought about multiple problems for democracies engaged in armed conflicts. One such major problem that has caught the attention of international humanitarian watchdogs is the use of civilians as human shields during hostilities. Despite existing...

Re-Thinking FATF and its Widening Mandate

The 21st-century interstate conflict has taken a shift from conventional kinetic warfare towards other means, one being the use of legal warfare, to achieve similar strategic state interests. The international legal establishment influenced by global powers has taken...

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Decolonizing (applied) linguistics in Pakistan

Decolonizing (applied) linguistics in Pakistan

There is a growing tendency globally that suggests decolonizing the social sciences by disrupting colonial legacies. It is argued that the social sciences, including the field of linguistics, are heavily influenced by Eurocentric Enlightenment thinking.1 In the words...

On White Ignorance and being a security problem

On White Ignorance and being a security problem

What happens… when the researched become the researchers?1 W. E.B. Du Bois, in his celebrated work ‘The Souls of Black Folk’, articulates a question that persists between him and the other world, ‘how does it feel to be a problem?’ The question elucidates the...

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. This approach shifts away from the state-level perspective in...

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America in Crisis: Will there be a peaceful transfer of power?

America in Crisis: Will there be a peaceful transfer of power?

The United States enters 2024 with a deep sense of foreboding. As Republican primaries loom to find their nominee for the November presidential election, US politics hits new lows. Donald Trump’s CV plumbs new depths as several states are contemplating barring him...

War in Ukraine and Law of War

War in Ukraine and Law of War

During the post-World War II era, states in general, abstained from resorting to the use of violent force in resolving their bilateral disputes. The relative decline of inter-state wars in past seventy-odd years stands out as one marker of adherence of states to this...

Indian Cruise Missile Misadventure: Malfunction or Malafide Intentions?

Indian Cruise Missile Misadventure: Malfunction or Malafide Intentions?

Introduction The launching of the Brahmos cruise missile into Pakistan’s territory from India serves as a reminder for renewed threats to strategic stability in South Asia and points towards nuclear risks associated with Indian nuclear program. On March 9, an Indian...

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