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Smoldering volcano of terrorism: Terrorism trends in 1980-1989 (a case study of Pakistan)

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  Introduction: Terrorism is a phenomenon which has varied trends in every passing year, while considering the datum we will come to notice that, will terrorism persist or not or what are its potential origins; whether it magnifies in volume as well as in violence, and whether these political fanatics modify their weapons, targets and tactics. These trends changed dramatically, first, after the post-cold war period and second, through the advent of globalization because form then onwards, it no longer remains a localized episode of violence but it has a global outreach. In addition to this, the institutionalization of the process of ‘globalization’ with technological advancements has, inter alia , boosted transnational activities.    The constant war against terrorism in Pakistan is a state of disenchantment at all sides. Thus, with the diverse trends, terrorism in Pakistan have attracted worldwide attention. That is why an innumerable amount of literature has been p...

6 Bizarre shows of Netflix

Media, nowadays is an open platform for everyone to showcase their ideas on a massive scale. That’s the reason, it cannot be controlled by an organization in order to regulate the level of content that is broadcast online. Hence, it can be use in beneficial ways to standup for human or animal rights but it cannot overcome the influence of stereotypical ideas media presents to engage a massive amount of audience. Furthermore, the content televised in a country can be controlled by their electronic media regulatory authority but the watch shows i.e. much popular Netflix company can’t be regulate by any specific country because it spreads over the globe uptil now. Every country is contributing to telecast their regional shows in Netflix as it allows the diversification of many cultures in a modernistic way. Netflix series can be stated as a visible   portrayal of media because of their ‘mix’ content and global position. 13 reasons why: Starting off with the popular hyped show, 13 reas...

Traits transcends into a doctrine: a case of Trump!

Doctrines are those frameworks which highlight the approach or strategy of a political actor. Usually, if we witnessed the history of United States of America presidents, it covers a single mechanism on which they lean, like the Obama Doctrine, which is based on his Reaper presidency or the Bush Doctrine, which is substantiated on preemptive strikes . The case isn't juxtaposed with Trump as his actions are varied then his practices. In this article I will further elaborate that on what set of principles, his strategy to conduct in an international arena is constructed. It occurs because of his unconventional Foreign Policy which is grounded on the amalgamation of varied stratagems.   First and foremost, he doesn’t like to subordinate USA sovereignty to any kind of transnational organizations or multilateral institutions. This is the reason he withdraws from some regional integration commitments like Paris Peace Agreement, Trans Pacific Partnership, Iran nuclear deal or World Tra...

Politicization of a pandemic: COVID-19

The literature of pandemics demonstrates us the very shaping of national and international responses in a global outbreak. The spread of this zoonotic disease causes serious concerns all over the globe which is not just on economic or cultural grounds but on politics as well. The political breakdown of this outbreak is due to the rising nationalism, waning trust, rampant misinformation, growing skeptics of science and lingering trade wars which have undermine cooperation among the international powers. Recently, we have seen the super powers who instead of encouraging the acts of social solidarity, playing a nefarious blame game of narratives, responsibilities and vulnerabilities. Through this they are not solving an issue but simply politicizing the origins of the virus. Which further lead us towards the proliferation of conspiracy theories. The dispute over the geneses of this cytokine storm initiated in late February by a renowned epidemiologists Zhong Nanshan who blame the U.S m...

Crimes amid pandemic is a recipe for disaster!

  As the corona-esque mushrooms so do the crimes related to it. Criminals, as pandemic profiteers, exploit the COVID-19 crisis by capitalizing on fear and panic of vulnerable citizens through transgressions. Which causes this global outbreak to not only looped momentous health issues but security issues as well. These Covidiots swiftly took advantage of the virus proliferation and abuse the demand people have for information and supplies. In addition to this, they used this catastrophic situation to carry out their heinous crimes like harassment, burglaries, phishing emails through spam campaigns, frauds, theft, counterfeiting or smuggling of people in Kurdish-dominated region of Iraq for some extra cash. By now there are handsome amount of cases in which some bizarre individuals threatened their surroundings by coughing and spitting on people, even on some police officer, or on grocery store items so that they allow the spread of this ‘mutated’ virus across their adjoining setti...