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Pakistan's Trade Opportunities and Challenges with CARs: 巴基斯坦与中非贸易的机遇与挑战:

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.54418/ca-91.186

Umar Khan

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Metaphor Used by the US as a Lethal Weapon of Mass Destruction against the Other for Pursuing Ulterior Motives 比喻美国为了别有用心，将其作为对付对方的大规模杀伤性武器

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.54418/ca-91.183

Siraj Khan, A. Khan

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Prohibition on Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan: 禁止在阿富汗种植罂粟:

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.54418/ca-91.182

Taimur Khan

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Pakistan and Central Asian Republics: Cooperation and Opportunities -Trade and Energy corridors 巴基斯坦和中亚共和国:合作与机遇-贸易和能源走廊

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.54418/ca-91.180

Abai Zurdinov

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Geo-Politics of Afghanistan under Taliban Regime: 塔利班政权下的阿富汗地缘政治

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.54418/ca-91.181

Adam Saud, Muaz Ullah Khan

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Test of Neoclassical Realism to Explain Reasons of U.S. Withdrawal (2021) from Afghanistan 新古典现实主义检验解释美国从阿富汗撤军的原因(2021年)

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2022-07-20 DOI: 10.54418/ca-90.170

A. Rashid, Anjum Gul

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Strategic Engagement as Means of Conflict Prevention: Pakistan’s Defence Diplomacy towards Russia 战略接触作为预防冲突的手段:巴基斯坦对俄罗斯的国防外交

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2022-07-20 DOI: 10.54418/ca-90.167

Raza Rehman Khan Qazi, S. Bashir

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War on Terror and the United States Human Rights Violations in Afghanistan and Pakistan: An International Law Perspective 反恐战争与美国在阿富汗和巴基斯坦的人权侵犯:一个国际法的视角

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2022-07-20 DOI: 10.54418/ca-90.171

Mehmood Hussain

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The Evolving Russo-Pak Entente-Cordiale: Challenges for the Future 不断发展的俄巴友好关系:未来的挑战

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2022-07-20 DOI: 10.54418/ca-90.168

Toheeda Begum

{"title":"The Evolving Russo-Pak Entente-Cordiale: Challenges for the Future","authors":"Toheeda Begum","doi":"10.54418/ca-90.168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.54418/ca-90.168","url":null,"abstract":"Historically, the Russo-Pak relationship had aforeign policy context and a legacy that went through the historic eras of pre-partition Great Game between the British Indian and Czarist Empires,and the post-partition Cold War between the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America (USA).Pakistan on its creation sided with the American led West through Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) and Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) or Baghdad Pact, plus, the partnerships against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and in the War on Terror. The US military and financial aid and the support by the International and Asian financial institutions for Pakistan is decades old—albeit now with a friction over Afghanistan, Russia and China. Still, the transactional-cooperation remains over Afghanistan through the air-corridorthatis useful for Americans in many ways. American influence, assets and the air-corridor is a deadly mix in Afghanistan. The Afghan Taliban know thatthe drones, jets and aircrafts using the corridor take-off from and land at Qatar without ever landing in Afghanistan. Moreover, intelligence sharing is part of Pak-US operational cooperation with a possibility of a military base too. The context of Pak-US cooperation is the centuries old British era Frontier Policy. It remained until the American strategic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Therelationship since then has deteriorated and the perception of each other is not harmonious despite the tactical cooperation in Afghanistan. The reason is the strategic choices made by Pakistan and America lackingcongruence over China, Russia, Afghanistan and India.Theinteractive-arm-twisting of Pakistan is an indicator. The restis the detail of Pakistan’s New Frontier Policy.","PeriodicalId":53489,"journal":{"name":"Central Asia and the Caucasus","volume":"136 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81362537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Deradicalization in Central Asia: A Critical Appraisal 中亚的去极端化:一个批判性的评价

Central Asia and the Caucasus Pub Date : 2022-03-21 DOI: 10.54418/ca-89.159

Summar Iqbal Babar, Filza Ahmed Rizvi

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