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Hindu and Hindutva Ideology in Indian Polity: Examining Modi’s Administration 印度政体中的印度教和印度教意识形态：审视莫迪政府

Strategic Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.53532/ss.043.02.00301

Sabina Babar Academics

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Gwadar: China’s Future Gateway to the Middle East 瓜达尔港：中国通往中东的未来门户

Strategic Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.53532/ss.043.02.00271

Ishtiaq Ahmad

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Media Discourse on the Kashmir Conflict after Abrogation of Article 370 废除第 370 条后媒体对克什米尔冲突的讨论

Strategic Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.53532/ss.043.02.00285

A. Siddiqua, Muhammad Zubair Iqbal

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Sino-U.S. Strategic Competition in the Asia-Pacific: Omnidirectional Hedging of Traditional Middle Powers 中美在亚太地区的战略竞争：传统中间力量的全方位对冲

Strategic Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.53532/ss.043.02.00310

Maheera Munir, Aiysha Safdar

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Managing the Geopolitical Competition between China and India: Sri Lanka’s Strategic Balancing Act 管理中国与印度之间的地缘政治竞争：斯里兰卡的战略平衡术

Strategic Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.53532/ss.043.02.00311

Summar Iqbal Babar Babar

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Understanding Urban Warfare and its Manifestation in Russia-Ukraine War 了解城市战争及其在俄乌战争中的体现

Strategic Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI: 10.53532/ss.043.02.00266

Zaid bin Inam, Sarwat Rauf

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Strategic Human Resource Development: Investing in Balochistan’s Blue Economy 战略性人力资源开发：投资俾路支省的蓝色经济

Strategic Studies Pub Date : 2020-04-30 DOI: 10.53532/ss.040.01.0088

M. Khan

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