CIPS: Recent submissions

  • Pak-Afghan Dyadic Trade and Peacebuilding 
    Gul, Warda (CIPS,National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad., 2022)
    The purpose of this research is to critically explore the relationship between trade of goods and services with the uprise of conflict in the case of Pakistan and Afghanistan during the last 20 years (1990-2019). It is ...
  • Exploring Pakistan’s Progress towards the Achievement of Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions 
    Noor Malik, Zahra (CIPS,National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad., 2022)
    This study focuses on contributing to the field of conflict and peace studies, with special focus on sustainable development goals and presence of robust institutions in the Pakistan. In recent times, a sharp increase ...
  • NATURAL RESOURCE BASED GRIEVANCES IS A CAUSE OF CONFLICT IN BALOCHISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF SUI GAS 
    Shahid, Laiba (CIPS,National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad., 2022)
    This research revolves around the idea of unjust distribution of natural resources in Balochistan. The case study of Sui gas in Balochistan is discussed, where neither Sui gas was provided for a long time nor was revenue ...
  • Analyzing Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanism: DRCs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Criminal Justice System 
    Sohail, Minahil (CIPS,National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad., 2022)
    Conflict resolution has established an eminent place in literature over time. Scholars and practitioners have extended efforts toward devising alternative mechanisms for resolving conflict at a local level. In the previous ...
  • Towards an Understanding of UN Peaceful Settlement of Dispute: A Case Study of Afghanistan 
    Maqsood Abbasi, Aysha (CIPS,National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad., 2022)
    The main purpose of United Nations is the maintenance of international peace and security to avoid possibility of war. The UN charter stipulates the maintenance of international peace and security under Chapter VI “Pacific ...
  • Violence, Proportionality, and Laws in War: Analyzing the U.S. Armed Acts in Afghanistan 
    Irshad, Raheelah (CIPS,NUST, 2022)
    International laws for wars prohibit the states from violations. In the war zone, the purpose of the International Humanitarian Law is to provide justice to the victim and, most importantly, to protect the civilians or ...
  • Study of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Religious Speech Acts (Fatawa) 
    Muhammad Usman, Asghar (CIPS,National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad., 2022)
    Pakistan has been the victim of violent extremism, often attributed to religious factors. Religious extremism poses a serious challenge to the state. There are various connotations coined to debate the religious extremism ...
  • Climate Proofing Indus Water Treaty: An Instrument of Peace Building in South Asia 
    Fiaz, Hussain Shah (CIPS,National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad., 2022)
    Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between Pakistan and India was signed on 19 September 1960. At that time, climate change was not incorporated since the phenomenon was not known as it came to be known later. While climate change ...
  • Challenges of Peacebuilding in Afghanistan: Competing Interests of International and Regional Players 
    Amanullah, Khan (CIPS,National University of Science & Technology, Islamabad., 2020-12-07)
    Afghanistan is among the few countries that have been profoundly affected by the power politics in the world. The landlocked Afghanistan is surrounded by important regions having powerful state actors. South Asia has two ...
  • Resilience of Weak Democracies against Political Agitation for Government Change 
    Abbas, Khurram (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2020)
    There are two basic notions related to democratic values. Firstly, a democratic system is designed to deal with national and international conflicts keeping the interests of the people in mind. Secondly, in a democracy ...
  • Post-Conflict Rehabilitation of Ex-Combatants 
    Khan, Ilam (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2020)
  • Lawfare and Countering Terror Finance 
    Ahmed, Verda (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2021)
    In very broad terms Lawfare can be defined as the theory and practice of using international law as an instrument to advance one‘s interest. These could primarily be advanced by entities in the international system, ...
  • Securitization of Communicable Diseases 
    Jabbar, Rabeea (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2021)
    SARS Covid-19, a new coronavirus, is causing chaos all over the world. Politicians and media outlets appear to frequently employ war metaphors to illustrate the challenges posed by the outbreak. The Covid-19 pandemic ...
  • An Indigenous Response to Pakistan’s Political Narratives and Actions on Kashmir Conflict 
    Farid, Maida (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2021)
    Kashmir Conflict remains one of the longest ongoing conflicts in the world. The lack of positive developments has kept the conflict protracted and frozen. This research aims to provide new dimensions towards the conflict ...
  • International Relations (IR) in Pakistan 
    Malik, Mahnoor Hayat (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2021)
    This study explains ‘why’ the Eurocentric worldview continues to dominate the field of International Relations (IR) by providing an introspective point of view on the disciplinary limitation, in the specific case of ...
  • Epistemic Violence in The Case of Kashmir 
    Alvi, Mahnoor (2021)
    This thesis aims to problematize the concept of epistemic violence (E.V) and to explore how it unfolds in the case of Kashmir. A generic understanding of epistemic violence is the cornerstone for navigating the study. ...
  • The Potential of Nudging Civic Participation in Post-Conflict Environment 
    Hassan, Madiha (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2021)
    The conflict-affected tribal areas previously known as Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) were merged with the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in 2018. To acknowledge the need for innovative approaches to ...
  • Understanding Perception of Peace Among University Students of Gilgit-Baltistan 
    Zehra, Laraib (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2021)
    This study focuses on contributing to the field of peace and conflict studies, with a special focus on peace studies. It analysis perceptions surrounding the concepts of ‘peace’ and ‘peace education’ among students ...
  • Settler-Colonialism, Social Movement, and Human Rights Discourse 
    Amjad, Hajra (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2021)
    The research undertakes to assess the settler colonial project by India in the occupied valley of Kashmir. By using the settler colonial paradigm this study reflects and complements the settler colonial paradigm by ...
  • Populism and Ethno-nationalism 
    Tahir, Hafsa (CIPS, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 2021)
    The narrative developed in this research is “populism and ethno-nationalism: impacts on human rights in Pakistan”. The populist agenda has made dramatic inroads recently as a nationalistic, xenophobic, misogynistic, and ...

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