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Editorial Note
The illusion that diplomacy resolves conflict has quietly dissolved. What has replaced it is a far more complex and less comforting reality in which diplomacy regulates conflict rather than eliminates it. The emerging global order is not structured around peace settlements but around controlled rivalries, where adversaries remain locked in competition while simultaneously engaging in layered negotiation frameworks designed to prevent systemic rupture. This transformation marks a decisive shift from resolution to regulation, and Pakistan now finds itself positioned within this evolving architecture not as a passive observer but as a connective node within a dense web of strategic interactions.
Colonial Continuities and the Architecture of Extraction
By Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Sardar Pakistan’s governance crisis cannot be adequately understood through the familiar language of corruption, weak leadership,
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Provincial Elite Capture and the Weaponization of Administration
By Ijaz Naser Pakistan’s governance dilemma is frequently framed as a struggle between a powerful center and marginalized provinces. This
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Colonial Continuities and the Architecture of Extraction
By Dr. Muhammad Ahsan Sardar Pakistan’s governance crisis cannot be adequately understood through the familiar language of corruption, weak leadership,
