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Dec 11, 2024 | 
stratheia.com | Ayra Azhar
In a world filled with uncertainty, the search for comfort whether in the hands of family or friends remains a quest that many find to be a challenging feat. Despite technological advancements and unprecedented levels of connectivity a new trend emerges. The enigmatic decay of perhaps the greatest aspects of being human; the onset decline of human friendships.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
pakistantoday.com.pk | Ayra Azhar
COP 29 is more than just a catchy abbreviation for an event that people seemingly forget, until it makes headlines. The conference on climate change that hosts various leaders of the world convened this year in Baku, Azerbaijan- a country that relies heavily on revenue from oil and gas with plans to expand its production within the next decade. Each year world leaders come to the stage and re-new their so-called commitment to making a change in the inevitable disaster that is climate change.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
paradigmshift.com.pk | Fatimah Naeem |Maidah Tariq |Bilal Hyder Simair |Ayra Azhar
Ms Fatimah Naeem is pursuing her Bachelor's in Peace and Conflict Studies from National Defence University Islamabad. After transitioning to a democratic form of governance in May 2016, Myanmar’s military-oriented state system was finally beginning to see an end, as perceived by the global community. Unfortunately, the ground realities were completely different in this regard.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
paradigmshift.com.pk | Emaan Tanveer |Ayra Azhar |Muhammad Hamza Tanvir |Russia’s War
She blends her expertise in social media with her passion for global issues to create a dynamic forum for dialogue, awareness, and change. Sanctions, economic penalties imposed by countries to pressure others, have become a common foreign policy tool. As of 2024, Russia holds the dubious distinction of being the most sanctioned country in the world. This surge in sanctions stems from its invasion of Ukraine.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
paradigmshift.com.pk | Sabrina Sohail |Fiza Ameen |Ayra Azhar
However, the anti-China factors engulfing Australia have led to the country taking measures that are being seen as a security threat to Chinese national interests. For Australia, there is a need to take a proper stance amid the superpower struggle between China and the US. If it wants to stick to a policy of non-interreference and staying neutral then it needs to stand firm by it.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
paradigmshift.com.pk | Fiza Ameen |Ayra Azhar
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Fiza Bibi Ameen is a final-semester BS Physics student and gold medal qualifier at Riphah International University, Islamabad. She also contributed a prize-winning submission to the HEC inter-university essay writing competition for the year 2022.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
paradigmshift.com.pk | Babar Khan Akhunzada |Ayra Azhar |Uzair Bin Farid |Zain Shabir
The November 2023 edition of the Paradigm Shift magazine is out!The magazine does not intend to follow a determined theme but rather features a curated list of pieces that center around the latest news and developments in Pakistan and abroad. This month’s magazine has pieces on Israel’s strategic depth and capabilities in cyberspace. The rising tensions in the South China Sea between China and its neighbours, as well as the use of AI, bring a more nuanced view of the conflict.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
stratheia.com | Ayra Azhar
In the early morning of 1 February 2021, Commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlain seized power, detaining the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint and other members of the NLD, charging the latter with corruption crimes. What would follow in the next few hours would shock the people of Myanmar and the whole world. The shutting down of various forms of communication, disrupting internet connections and cellular services, employing “kill switch’ tactics.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
paradigmshift.com.pk | Amina Iqbal |Sarmad Ishfaq |Bisma Ali |Ayra Azhar
Ms Amina Iqbal is studying International Relations at Kinnaird College for Women University, Lahore. The South China Sea holds great geopolitical and economic importance due to its pivotal maritime trade routes, abundant fisheries, and enormous reserves of oil and gas. China’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the region is an intelligent attempt to strengthen its control and marine might.
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Jun 10, 2023 | 
moderndiplomacy.eu | Ayra Azhar
Abstract:The following paper attempts to discuss the European Union’s elaborated techniques of diplomacy aimed at bridging the gap between nations as a part of the economic trade union to becoming a super-national entity in world politics. Essentially changing the dynamics of alliances all over the world.
