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Is There Still a Peace to Keep? What MONUSCO Reveals About the Future of UN Peace Operations

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Is There Still a Peace to Keep? What MONUSCO Reveals About the Future of UN Peace Operations

Abstract United Nations (UN) peace operations have evolved from traditional ceasefire monitoring into multidimensional interventions involving civilian protection, political mediation, humanitarian coordination,...

Oct 7, 2026 Read →
Beyond One Commodity: Structure and Sequence in the Pakistan–Rwanda Economic Relationship

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Beyond One Commodity: Structure and Sequence in the Pakistan–Rwanda Economic Relationship

Abstract Pakistan and Rwanda have, within the timeframe of five years, put in place the institutions through which a modern economic relationship...

Sep 23, 2026 Read →

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Syria, Lebanon, and the Changing Regional Order

Introduction The Middle East is entering a potentially consequential period of political and strategic realignment. The collapse of the Assad regime in...

Sep 17, 2026 Read →
Vectors of Adaptation: The Structural Reconfiguration of Knowledge Diplomacy in Pakistan–Italy Relations, 2000–2020

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Vectors of Adaptation: The Structural Reconfiguration of Knowledge Diplomacy in Pakistan–Italy Relations, 2000–2020

The dawn of the twenty-first century forced a profound paradigm shift upon higher education governance worldwide; internationalisation shifted from symbolic prestige to...

Jul 27, 2026 Read →
Resilience and Rupture: Institutional Limits of Knowledge Diplomacy in Pakistan–Italy Relations, 1948–1999

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Resilience and Rupture: Institutional Limits of Knowledge Diplomacy in Pakistan–Italy Relations, 1948–1999

The experience of Pakistan and Italy shows shows that the most durable diplomacy emerges from intellectual cooperation that is professionally governed, institutionally...

Jul 15, 2026 Read →
Survey on Perceptions of Chinese Modernization Across Five Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Countries

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Survey on Perceptions of Chinese Modernization Across Five Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Countries

The pursuit of modernization is a common aspiration for all of humanity, yet historical experiences demonstrate that there is no singular, prescriptive...

Jan 1, 2026 Read →
Europe: In Search of its Moral Triumph

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Europe: In Search of its Moral Triumph

(Lessons from Iceland, Bhutan, and New Zealand) “It is not the walls that make the prison, but the prisoners themselves.”— Mak Dizdar...

Oct 17, 2025 Read →

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