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Dynamics of elite politics in Pakistan and its nexus with clergy and military / Ahmar, Moonis

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Elite politics in Pakistan is focused on ensuring the privileged status of those classes who hold considerable influence in society. Conformist elite since the creation of Pakistan until today pursue a status quo oriented approach. Non-conformist elite is a recent phenomenon with a purpose to bring qualitative change in society, to dismantle the exploitive order, weed out corruption, and pull Pakistan from decades of stagnation and underdevelopment.

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Fallacy of the resource curse in the Arab oil economies: why institutions matter / Akacem, Mohamad; Geng, Xin

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The subject of the resource curse has been studied extensively and the standard conclusion is that countries rich in natural resources are doomed to perform poorly. However the empirical evidence is not so clear cut as to agree with this conclusion. Norway is an oil economy, yet its economy has performed admirably. Other countries such as Netherlands and the United States have done the same

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Iran’s relations with Persian Gulf Arab states: implications for the United States / Bahgat, Gawdat

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In the first press conference as the elected president Hassan Rouhani pledged good relations with neighboring countries, which he considered a main priority for his administration. The president stated, the Persian Gulf has strategic importance both in terms of politics and economy”

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Modi and the Muslims: the dilemma for the Muslim minority in the 2014 Indian national elections / Wright, Theodore

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The leaders of any minority group may encounter a dilemma in countries where-there are multi-party, democratic elections. How should they advise them to vote if one of both of the majority parties appear to be hostile to the interests or even to survival of the minority groups

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Understanding ISIS / Gunter, Michael; Paasche, Till; Zagros, Nahro

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Understanding the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) presents a number of problems. The immediate origins of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) lie in the opportunity spaces provided by two bitter civil wars that challenged the exiting states system and borders created by the Sykes-Picot Agreement of World War – I; the bloody Sunni-Shia civil war in Iraq that followed the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, and the even more horrific civil war that has been raging in Syria since 2011.

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