Dr Farhan Hanif Siddiqi

The writer is an Associate Professor at School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

World Economic Forum and the Crisis of Capitalism

Capitalism with its emphasis on growth and prosperity has tended to increase inequality and poverty which are detrimental to social stability and harmony. Justifying the acquisition of wealth through its model of competition and efficiency, the operation of capitalism has seen the rich becoming richer to the point of dominating and hegemonising markets and then driving people out-of-work and business …

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Foreign Policy Making Process in Pakistan

The task of foreign policy making is complicated and is best executed when professional diplomats are recruited and then assigned to design long-term foreign policy strategies and goals. In a pioneering study of the foreign policy making process, Graham T. Ellison in 1970 laid claim to two models. Lambasting the Rational Actor Model (RAM) and with it the realist school …

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