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تزویراتی خودمختاری : پاکستان بمقابلہ بھارت
یوکرین میں روس کی جنگ کے بعد اقوام عالم میں ہونے والی تقسیم نے جنوبی ایشیا میں ”تزویراتی خودمختاری“ پر مباحثے کو ایک بار پھر زندہ کر دیا ہے۔ ایس کلیانرامن کے مطابق "تزویراتی خودمختاری سے مراد کسی ریاست…
Strategic Autonomy: Comparing India and Pakistan
Global division following Russia’s war in Ukraine has rekindled the public debate on ‘strategic autonomy’ in South Asia. According to S. Kalyanaraman, “strategic autonomy denotes the ability of a state to pursue its national interests and adopt its preferred foreign…