Review: The Failure of Political Islam by Olivier Roy
During the worldwide fall of Communism, beginning in the 1980s, the West was gripped by the rise of political dominance […]
Book Review: E.H. Carr’s A History of Soviet Russia: Volume 1: The Bolshevik Revolution
Edward Hallett Carr is perhaps the greatest and most authentic authority when it comes to the History of the USSR.
Political Economy of Pakistan’s Military
“The Army is the nation and the nation is with the Army”, COAS General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said on Martyr’s
Book Review– The Great Transformation by Karl Polanyi
Few scholarly works have modest beginnings but have become one of the most renowned seminal works. An epitome of it
The Disintegration of the USSR: the Factors
Few people in the USSR saw the end of the Cold War as a setback for the Soviet Union and
Soviet Economy after the October Revolution
In 1921, Vladimir Lenin initiated a new economic agenda for the Soviet Union, which had been seriously harmed by years
Caste, Class, Varna and Race: Social and Political and Cultural Discourses
Caste has a significance: that is its social morphology. The several Backward Classes Commissions established in independent India have noted
The Opposition to Khomeini’s Velayat-e-Faqih
In his book Kashf al-Asrar (1941), Ayatollah Khomeini acknowledged, “The wilayah of the mujtahid … has been the subject of
New Wars and Old Wars: A Book Review
New Wars and Old Wars: Human history, it is said, is primarily about war. Whether or not everyone agrees with
Relevance of Borders in Contemporary World
For the last three decades, scholars have argued about the diminishing significance of international borders and the increasing impact of
Notes on the History of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is the largest country in the Middle East by area
Privatization of War: The Rise of PMSCs
In April 2019, Erik Prince– the founder and long-time CEO of the controversial Blackwater USA, now called Academi, proposed to