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Why US is bound to keep good relations with Pakistan?

  PAK-US RELATIONSHIP Why US is bound to keep good relations with Pakistan: In international relations, the nature of Pak-US equation is quite unique. Pakistan is a nuclear equipped Muslim state, a status to which America is quite allergic. Despite this the US would not let Pakistan get out of its sphere of influence. This is for the following reasons. 1. Pakistan’s geo-strategic location is ideal. It is at the crossroad of CARS countries, China, Indian ocean. Strategically ideal for the west and other rich countries to reach out to the resources of CARS. 2. Gawadar port has multiply increased the importance of Pakistan. 3. At a closer proximity to China Pakistan’s position is immensely important for the US. 4. Pakistan’s inevitability for the war on terror. History; the Reality: Pak-US has seen many ups and downs in their bilateral relations. If we took into the ebbs of the history, we find that USA has never been fully truthful and interested in her relations with Pakistan...

What was the Cold War?

  What was the Cold War? The 45-year standoff between the West and the U.S.S.R. ended when the Soviet Union dissolved. Some say another could be starting as tensions with Russia rise. BETWEEN 1946 AND 1991 the United States, the Soviet Union, and their allies were locked in a long, tense conflict known as the Cold War. Though the parties were technically at peace, the period was characterized by an aggressive arms race, proxy wars, and ideological bids for world dominance. Origins of 'Cold War' The term cold war had existed since the 1930s, when it was used to describe increasingly fraught relationships between European countries. In 1945, shortly after the United States used the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, writer George Orwell used the term in an essay that explored what the atom bomb meant for international relations. The bomb was such a threat that it would likely end large-scale wars, Orwell wrote, creating “a state which was at once uncon...

The Red Queen Effect

     The Red Queen effect refers to a situation where you have to keep on running  just to maintain your position, like the state and society running fast to maintain  the balance between them. In Carroll's book all that running was wasteful. Not so  in the struggle of society against the Leviathan. If society slacks off and does not  run fast enough to keep up with the state's growing power, the Shackled Leviathan  can quickly turn into a despotic one. We need society's competition to keep the  Leviathan in check, and the more powerful and capable the Leviathan is, the more  powerful and vigilant society must become. We need the Leviathan to keep on  running too, both to expand its capacity in the face of new and formidable chal-  lenges and to maintain its autonomy, which is critical not only for resolving dis-  putes and impartially enforcing laws but also for breaking down the cage of  norms. This all sounds quite...

51 Books of International Relations

               51 books of International Relations   1:The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. by Samuel P. Huntington 2:Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger 3:Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis by Kenneth N. Waltz 4:The Tragedy of Great Power Polities by John J. Mearsheimer 5:Theory of International Politics by Kenneth N. Waltz 6:The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 by Paul Kennedy 7:The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 by Edward Hallett Carr 8:Arms and Influence by Thomas C. Schelling 9:World Order by Henry Kissinger 10:Politics among Nations by Hans J. Morgenthau 11:On China by Henry Kissinger 12:The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria 13:Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 14:Perception and Misperception in International Politics by Robert Jervis 15:Social Theory of International Politics by...