{"title":"Politics","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"aid-politics-and-the-war-of-narratives-in-the-us-pakistan-relations-book-by-hussain-nadim","title":"Aid, Politics and the War of Narratives in the US-Pakistan Relations Book by Hussain Nadim","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.6\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 140\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book analyses the aid, politics and the war of narratives between the US and Pakistan under the Kerry Lugar Berman Act (2009–2013), using the security-development nexus as a framing discourse and taking a decolonial approach to the subject.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book explores the politics of US foreign aid to Pakistan, with regard to the issues of ‘sovereignty’ and ‘agency’, to analyse the notions of aid, power and narratives in the asymmetrical US-Pakistan relations. Based on primary interviews and extensive data analysis of US foreign aid datasets, the book specifically argues that foreign aid is based under the hubris of the security-development nexus, which encourages a dialectical power struggle between the US and Pakistan, and between the civil and military actors inside Pakistan, which use the indivisibility of security and development to advance their strategic interests over each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is a timely analysis given the recent political turmoil in Pakistan that saw the ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan who blamed the Biden Administration for orchestrating a “regime change” conspiracy against his government. Interdisciplinary and relevant to academic and policy debates, this book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of Development Studies, International Relations, Policy Studies, Area Studies and, in particular, South Asian Politics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44186900562132,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/61j5rdFgRXL._SL1200.jpg?v=1702493391"},{"product_id":"cold-war-in-the-islamic-world-book-by-dilip-hiro","title":"Cold War in the Islamic World Book by Dilip Hiro","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Geo politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.8\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 432\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor four decades Saudi Arabia and Iran have vied for influence in the Muslim world. At the heart of this ongoing Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran lie the Sunni-Shia divide, and the two countries' intertwined histories. Saudis see this as a conflict between Sunni and Shia; Iran's ruling clerics view it as one between their own Islamic Republic and an illegitimate monarchy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis foundational schism has played out in a geopolitical competition for dominance in the region: Iran has expanded its influence in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, while Saudi Arabia's hyperactive crown prince, Muhammad bin Salman, has intervened in Yemen, isolated Qatar and destabilized Lebanon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDilip Hiro examines the toxic rivalry between the two countries, tracing its roots and asking whether this Islamic Cold War is likely to end any time soon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44187980923092,"sku":"","price":595.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/8181KdvStqL._SL1500.jpg?v=1702498170"},{"product_id":"confessions-of-an-economic-hit-man-book-by-john-perkins","title":"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man Book by John Perkins","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Biography, Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.6\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 384\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe riveting third edition of this\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestseller blows the whistle on China’s economic hit man (EHM) strategy, exposes corruption on an international scale, and offers much-needed solutions for curing the degenerative Death Economy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this shocking exposé, former EHM John Perkins gives an insider view into the corrupt system that cheats and strong-arms countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars and ultimately causes staggering income inequality and ecological devastation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEHMs are highly paid professionals who use development loans to saddle countries with huge debts and force them to serve US interests. Now, a new EHM wave is infecting the world, and at the peak of the devastation sits China, a newly dominant economic power, with its own insidious version of the US EHM blueprint. Twelve explosive new chapters detail the allure, exploitation, and wreckage of China’s EHM strategy in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf allowed to continue its rampage, the EHM strategy—whether executed by the United States or China—will destroy life as we know it. However, all is not lost. Perkins offers a plan for transforming this system that places profits above all into a Life Economy that restores the earth. He inspires readers to take actions toward a new era of global cooperation that will end the United States’s and China’s EHM strategies for good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44188042232020,"sku":"","price":575.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/81OEF1RiBsL._SL1500.jpg?v=1702498633"},{"product_id":"diplomacy-book-by-henry-kissinger","title":"Diplomacy Book by Henry Kissinger","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.7\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA brilliant, sweeping history of diplomacy that includes personal stories from the noted former Secretary of State, including his stunning reopening of relations with China.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving from a sweeping overview of history to blow-by-blow accounts of his negotiations with world leaders, Henry Kissinger describes how the art of diplomacy has created the world in which we live, and how America’s approach to foreign affairs has always differed vastly from that of other nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDiplomacy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands as the culmination of a lifetime of diplomatic service and scholarship. It is vital reading for anyone concerned with the forces that have shaped our world today and will impact upon it tomorrow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44190514741460,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/61xV4AvH5pL._SL1000.jpg?v=1702578379"},{"product_id":"how-democracies-die-book-by-daniel-ziblatt-and-steven-levitsky","title":"How Democracies Die Book by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 300\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDonald Trump’s presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we’d be asking: Is our democracy in danger? Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt have spent more than twenty years studying the breakdown of democracies in Europe and Latin America, and they believe the answer is yes. Democracy no longer ends with a bang—in a revolution or military coup—but with a whimper: the slow, steady weakening of critical institutions, such as the judiciary and the press, and the gradual erosion of long-standing political norms. The good news is that there are several exit ramps on the road to authoritarianism. The bad news is that, by electing Trump, we have already passed the first one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on decades of research and a wide range of historical and global examples, from 1930s Europe to contemporary Hungary, Turkey, and Venezuela, to the American South during Jim Crow, Levitsky and Ziblatt show how democracies die—and how ours can be saved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44196384604372,"sku":"","price":525.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/71RrM7kcIeL._SL1500.jpg?v=1702755946"},{"product_id":"how-democracy-ends-book-by-david-runciman","title":"How Democracy Ends Book by David Runciman","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Political Science\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.2\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 256\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHow will democracy end? And what will replace it? A preeminent political scientist examines the past, present, and future of an endangered political philosophy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the end of World War II, democracy's sweep across the globe seemed inexorable. Yet today, it seems radically imperiled, even in some of the world's most stable democracies. How bad could things get?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow Democracy Ends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, David Runciman argues that we are trapped in outdated twentieth-century ideas of democratic failure. By fixating on coups and violence, we are focusing on the wrong threats. Our societies are too affluent, too elderly, and too networked to fall apart as they did in the past. We need new ways of thinking the unthinkable -- a twenty-first-century vision of the end of democracy, and whether its collapse might allow us to move forward to something better.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA provocative book by a major political philosopher, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow Democracy Ends\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks the most trenchant questions that underlie the disturbing patterns of our contemporary political life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44196388995284,"sku":"","price":550.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/919RT6g0qnL._SL1500.jpg?v=1702756305"},{"product_id":"how-the-world-works-book-by-noam-chomsky","title":"How the World Works Book by Noam Chomsky","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Political Science \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.2\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 336\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNoam Chomsky is one of the worldâ€s most respected linguists, yet his radical political ideas, while attracting legions of followers across the globe, have made him a prophet without honour in his own land. In this selection of interviews, he lays bare the realities of contemporary geopolitics with exceptional clarity and power, including the main goals of US foreign policy, the new global economy, the roots of racism and the coming ecological catastrophe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44196393058516,"sku":"","price":850.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/818CQtkCF9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1702756717"},{"product_id":"identity-book-by-francis-fukuyama","title":"Identity Book by Francis Fukuyama","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 218\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Origins of Political Order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of state\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to “the people,” who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemand for recognition of one’s identity is a master concept that unifies much of what is going on in world politics today. The universal recognition on which liberal democracy is based has been increasingly challenged by narrower forms of recognition based on nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, or gender, which have resulted in anti-immigrant populism, the upsurge of politicized Islam, the fractious “identity liberalism” of college campuses, and the emergence of white nationalism. Populist nationalism, said to be rooted in economic motivation, actually springs from the demand for recognition and therefore cannot simply be satisfied by economic means. The demand for identity cannot be transcended; we must begin to shape identity in a way that supports rather than undermines democracy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44196422746324,"sku":"","price":495.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/71tmPcwUjvL._SL1500.jpg?v=1702758993"},{"product_id":"daughter-of-the-east-book-by-benazir-bhutto","title":"Daughter of the East Book by Benazir Bhutto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\"\u003eCategory: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBiography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\"\u003eRating: 4.4\/5\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 352\u003cbr\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBenazir Bhutto is the daughter of Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was executed by President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq in 1979. At his death, she inherited the leadership of the Pakistan People's Party, the largest and most powerful mass-based group in the country. In 1981, she was herself imprisoned, spending three months in solitary confinement. After her release, she came to England to spend four months in exile. In 1985 she returned to Pakistan to bury her younger brother, Shahnawaz, who had died in mysterious circumstances in the south of France. A few months later she was back once more in her country. Hundreds of thousands of supporters thronged the streets to greet her in mass rallies as she called for the overthrow of President Zia's regime. Again, she was imprisoned and then released. Benazir Bhutto tells the story of those years and explains why she has turned her back on personal tragedy, and has donned her father's mantle with that iron determination which has astonished observers throughout the world.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203031920852,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/images_dad60395-a33c-4029-b8d2-d9ce74760233.jpg?v=1703013889"},{"product_id":"no-exit-from-pakistan-by-daniel-seth-markey","title":"No Exit from Pakistan by Daniel Seth Markey","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRating: 4.4\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 262\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book tells the story of the tragic and often tormented relationship between the United States and Pakistan. Pakistan’s internal troubles have already threatened U.S. security and international peace, and Pakistan’s rapidly growing population, nuclear arsenal, and relationships with China and India will continue to force it upon America’s geostrategic map in new and important ways over the coming decades. This book explores the main trends in Pakistani society that will help determine its future; traces the wellsprings of Pakistani anti-American sentiment through the history of U.S.-Pakistan relations from 1947 to 2001; assesses how Washington made and implemented policies regarding Pakistan since the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001; and analyzes how regional dynamics, especially the rise of China, will likely shape U.S.-Pakistan relations. It concludes with three options for future U.S. strategy, described as defensive insulation, military-first cooperation, and comprehensive cooperation. The book explains how Washington can prepare for the worst, aim for the best, and avoid past mistakes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203036770516,"sku":"","price":750.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/61cHfayGLIS._SL1498.jpg?v=1703014284"},{"product_id":"copy-of-pakistan-at-the-crossroads-by-christophe-jaffrelot","title":"Pakistan at the Crossroads by Christophe Jaffrelot (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 3.7\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 360\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePakistan at the Crossroads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, top international scholars assess Pakistan's politics and economics and the challenges faced by its civil and military leaders domestically and diplomatically. Contributors examine the state's handling of internal threats, tensions between civilians and the military, strategies of political parties, police and law enforcement reform, trends in judicial activism, the rise of border conflicts, economic challenges, financial entanglements with foreign powers, and diplomatic relations with India, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, and the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to ethnic strife in Baluchistan and Karachi, terrorist violence in Pakistan in response to the American-led military intervention in Afghanistan and in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas by means of drones, as well as to Pakistani army operations in the Pashtun area, has reached an unprecedented level. There is a growing consensus among state leaders that the nation's main security threats may come not from India but from its spiraling internal conflicts, though this realization may not sufficiently dissuade the Pakistani army from targeting the country's largest neighbor. This volume is therefore critical to grasping the sophisticated interplay of internal and external forces complicating the country's recent trajectory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203071307988,"sku":null,"price":995.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/71uBFcBFfxL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703016086"},{"product_id":"pakistan-courting-the-abyss-by-tilak-devasher","title":"Pakistan: Courting the Abyss by Tilak Devasher","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\"\u003eRating: 4.4\/5\u003cbr\u003e Pages: 480\u003cbr\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRecent writings on Pakistan have tended to focus on the role of the Pakistan Army, the nuclear programme, terrorism, Pak-Afghan and Pak-US relations and, of course, Indo-Pak relations. Pakistan: Courting the Abyss goes beyond sensationalist headlines and current crises like terrorism and tensions with India, to the deeper malaise that afflicts the nation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe book examines issues like identity, the looming water crisis, the perilous state of education, the economic meltdown and the danger of an unrealized 'demographic dividend' that have been eating the innards of Pakistan since its creation. It looks back at the Pakistan movement, where the seeds of many current problems were sown - the opportunistic use of religion being the most lethal of these.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePakistan: Courting the Abyss questions the flawed prescriptions and responses of successive governments, especially during military rule, to these critical challenges that have brought Pakistan to an abyss where it risks multi-organ failure, unless things change dramatically in the near future.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203133763796,"sku":"","price":575.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/91mvSuK5wJL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703019249"},{"product_id":"pakistans-foreign-policy-by-ghulam-ali","title":"Pakistan's Foreign Policy By Ghulam Ali","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Current Affairs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.1\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 222\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book analyses Pakistan’s foreign policy and external relations with a focus on contemporary developments, including the impact of the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the powerful military, and the \"middle power\" status.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStructured in two parts – Foundation and Operationalization – the book provides a broad overview of Pakistan’s foreign policy and addresses specific foreign policy choices. Contributor's explore issues such as Pakistan’s middle power status from a theoretical perspective, Imran Khan's foreign policy, Pakistan's relations with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the EU, and Pakistan's evolving Indian Ocean strategy. Based on in-depth interviews with Pakistani scholars, politicians, and diplomats, the book offers a timely perspective on Pakistan’s foreign policy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book will be of interest to academics working on Pakistan, South Asian Politics, Security and Conflict Studies, International Relations and Foreign Policy, and Asian Studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203137499348,"sku":"","price":495.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/61fE9ZPyaPL._SL1200.jpg?v=1703019521"},{"product_id":"pakistan-under-siege-by-madiha-afzal","title":"Pakistan Under Siege by Madiha Afzal","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.7\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 210\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOver the last fifteen years, Pakistan has come to be defined exclusively in terms of its struggle with terror. But are ordinary Pakistanis extremists? And what explains how Pakistanis think?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch of the current work on extremism in Pakistan tends to study extremist trends in the country from a detached position―a top-down security perspective, that renders a one-dimensional picture of what is at its heart a complex, richly textured country of 200 million people. In this book, using rigorous analysis of survey data, in-depth interviews in schools and universities in Pakistan, historical narrative reporting, and her own intuitive understanding of the country, Madiha Afzal gives the full picture of Pakistan's relationship with extremism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author lays out Pakistanis' own views on terrorist groups, on jihad, on religious minorities and non-Muslims, on America, and on their place in the world. The views are not radical at first glance, but are riddled with conspiracy theories. Afzal explains how the two pillars that define the Pakistani state―Islam and a paranoia about India―have led to a regressive form of Islamization in Pakistan's narratives, laws, and curricula. These, in turn, have shaped its citizens' attitudes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfzal traces this outlook to Pakistan's unique and tortured birth. She examines the rhetoric and the strategic actions of three actors in Pakistani politics―the military, the civilian governments, and the Islamist parties―and their relationships with militant groups. She shows how regressive Pakistani laws instituted in the 1980s worsened citizen attitudes and led to vigilante and mob violence. The author also explains that the educational regime has become a vital element in shaping citizens' thinking. How many years one attends school, whether the school is public, private, or a madrassa, and what curricula is followed all affect Pakistanis' attitudes about terrorism and the rest of the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the end, Afzal suggests how this beleaguered nation―one with seemingly insurmountable problems in governance and education―can change course.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203147821268,"sku":"","price":525.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/81FRPBQZA9L._SL1500.jpg?v=1703019993"},{"product_id":"pakistans-terror-conundrum-by-khaled-ahmed","title":"Pakistan's Terror Conundrum by Khaled Ahmed","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics \u0026amp; Government\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.3\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 336\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePakistan was born amid communal violence and a collective consciousness of danger. Right from the outset, democracy was up for debate between the politicians nurtured by the British Raj and an orthodox clergy that advocated a utopia in which Islam was to be the ideological guide. Today, the threat of religion as an extra-legal force is causing many Pakistanis to think if the state can move forward into the future with Islam as its credo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this carefully curated collection of his writings in several publications, senior journalist Khaled Ahmed examines Pakistan's policies regarding terrorism against the backdrop of increasing pressure from international organizations. Despite joining the US in its war against terror after 9\/11, the country has been perceived as a safe haven and breeding ground for terrorists. Ahmed looks at the origins and activities of the various terrorist organizations, the role of the state, and the ideology of its founding figures, some of whom seem to have been forgotten.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44203152965844,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/61YRO9myM7L._SL1400.jpg?v=1703020160"},{"product_id":"philosophical-essays-by-bertrand-russel","title":"Philosophical essays by Bertrand Russel","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: \u003c\/span\u003ePolitics, Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.2\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 160\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1910, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePhilosophical Essays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of Bertrand Russell’s earliest works and marks an important period in the evolution of thought of one of the world’s most influential thinkers. This selection of seven essays displays Russell's incisiveness and brilliance of exposition in the examination of ethical subjects and the nature of truth. Insightful and highly accessible, these essays are as illuminating today as they were on first publication.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44204707283156,"sku":"","price":499.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/41KtOfGd2GL.jpg?v=1703084513"},{"product_id":"prisoners-of-geography-by-tim-marshall","title":"Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 320\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaps have a mysterious hold over us. Whether ancient, crumbling parchments or generated by Google, maps tell us things we want to know, not only about our current location or where we are going but about the world in general. And yet, when it comes to geo-politics, much of what we are told is generated by analysts and other experts who have neglected to refer to a map of the place in question.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll leaders of nations are constrained by geography. In “one of the best books about geopolitics” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Evening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), now updated to include 2016 geopolitical developments, journalist Tim Marshall examines Russia, China, the US, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Japan, Korea, and Greenland and the Arctic—their weather, seas, mountains, rivers, deserts, and borders—to provide a context often missing from our political reportage: how the physical characteristics of these countries affect their strengths and vulnerabilities and the decisions made by their leaders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffering “a fresh way of looking at maps” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Marshall explains the complex geo-political strategies that shape the globe. Why is Putin so obsessed with Crimea? Why was the US destined to become a global superpower? Why does China’s power base continue to expand? Why is Tibet destined to lose its autonomy? Why will Europe never be united? The answers are geographical. “In an ever more complex, chaotic, and interlinked world, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePrisoners of Geography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a concise and useful primer on geopolitics” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and a critical guide to one of the major determining factors in world affairs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44204724945108,"sku":"","price":575.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/81PYh5GT0vL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703085159"},{"product_id":"the-battle-of-belonging-by-shashi-tharoor","title":"The Battle of Belonging by Shashi Tharoor","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences, \u003c\/span\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Government\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.6\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 462\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are over a billion Indians alive today. But are some Indians more Indian than others? To answer this question, one that is central to the identity of every man, woman, and child who belongs to the modern Republic of India, eminent thinker and bestselling writer Shashi Tharoor explores hotly contested ideas of nationalism, patriotism, citizenship, and belonging. In the course of his study, he explains what nationalism is, and can be, reveals who is anti-national, what patriotism actually means, and explores the nature and future of Indian nationhood. He gives us a clear-sighted view of the forces working to undermine the idea of India (a phrase coined by Rabindranath Tagore) that has evolved through history and which, in its modern form, was enshrined in India s Constitution by its founding fathers. Divided into six sections, the book starts off by exploring historical and contemporary ideas of nationalism, patriotism, liberalism, democracy, and humanism, many of which emerged in the West in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and quickly spread throughout the world. The author then summarizes India s liberal constitutionalism, exploring the enlightened values that towering leaders and thinkers like Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Ambedkar, Patel, Azad, and others invested the nation with. These are contrasted with the narrow-minded, divisive, sectarian, us vs them alternatives formulated by Hindutva ideologues, and propagated by their followers who are now in office. Today, the battle is between these two opposing ideas of India, or what might be described as ethno-religious nationalism vs civic nationalism. The struggle for India s soul has heightened, deepened, and broadened, and threatens to hollow out and destroy the remarkable concepts of pluralism, secularism, and inclusive nationhood that were bestowed upon the nation at Independence. The Constitution is under siege, institutions are being undermined, mythical pasts propagated, universities assailed, minorities demonized, and worse. Every passing month sees new attacks on the ideals that India has long been admired for, as authoritarian leaders and their bigoted supporters push the country towards a state of illiberalism and intolerance. If they succeed, millions will be stripped of their identity, and bogus theories of Indianness will take root in the soil of the subcontinent. However, all is not yet lost, and this erudite and lucid book shows us what will need to be done to win the battle of belonging and strengthen everything that is unique and valuable about India. Firmly anchored in incontestable scholarship, yet passionately and fiercely argued, The Battle of Belonging is a book that unambiguously establishes what true Indianness is and what it means to be a patriotic and nationalistic Indian in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44208516235476,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/81zexnLOFWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703265378"},{"product_id":"the-china-pakistan-axis-by-andrew-small","title":"The China–Pakistan Axis by Andrew Small","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: History, Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.2\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 336\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Beijing-Islamabad axis plays a central role in Asia's geopolitics, from India's rise to the prospects for a post-American Afghanistan, from the threat of nuclear terrorism to the continent's new map of mines, ports and pipelines. China is Pakistan's great economic hope and its most trusted military partner; Pakistan is the battleground for China's encounters with Islamic militancy and the heart of its efforts to counter-balance the emerging US-India partnership. For decades, each country has been the other's only 'all-weather' friend. Yet the relationship is still little understood. The wildest claims about it are widely believed, while many of its most dramatic developments are hid- den from the public eye. This book sets out the recent history of Sino-Pakistani ties and their ramifications for the West, for India, for Afghanistan, and for Asia as a whole. It tells the stories behind some of its most sensitive aspects, including Beijing's support for Pakistan's nuclear program, China's dealings with the Taliban, and the Chinese military's planning for crises in Pakistan. It describes a relationship increasingly shaped by Pakistan's internal strife, and the dilemmas China faces between the need for regional stability and the imperative for strategic competition with India and the USA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44208579772628,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/51lyKOUHR5L.jpg?v=1703266693"},{"product_id":"clash-of-civilizations-by-samuel-p-huntington","title":"Clash of Civilizations by Samuel P. Huntington","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genreButton\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Button__labelItem\"\u003ePolitics\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__genreButton\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Button__labelItem\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 368\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince its initial publication, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas become a classic work of international relations and one of the most influential books ever written about foreign affairs. An insightful and powerful analysis of the forces driving global politics, it is as indispensable to our understanding of American foreign policy today as the day it was published. As former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski says in his new foreword to the book, it “has earned a place on the shelf of only about a dozen or so truly enduring works that provide the quintessential insights necessary for a broad understanding of world affairs in our time.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Huntington explains how clashes between civilizations are the greatest threat to world peace but also how an international order based on civilizations is the best safeguard against war. Events since the publication of the book have proved the wisdom of that analysis. The 9\/11 attacks and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have demonstrated the threat of civilizations but have also shown how vital international cross-civilization cooperation is to restoring peace. As ideological distinctions among nations have been replaced by cultural differences, world politics has been reconfigured. Across the globe, new conflicts—and new cooperation—have replaced the old order of the Cold War era.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44208596451540,"sku":"","price":575.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/413179.jpg?v=1703266990"},{"product_id":"the-conquest-of-happiness-by-bertrand-russell","title":"The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003ePolitics, \u003c\/span\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 224\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Should be read by every parent, teacher, minister, and Congressman in the land.”―\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Conquest of Happiness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out of the seemingly inescapable malaise so prevalent even in safe and prosperous Western societies. More than eighty years later, Russell’s wisdom remains as true as it was on its initial release. Eschewing guilt-based morality, Russell lays out a rationalist prescription for living a happy life, including the importance of cultivating interests outside oneself and the dangers of passive pleasure. In this new edition, best-selling philosopher Daniel C. Dennett reintroduces Russell to a new generation, stating that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eConquest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is both “a fascinating time capsule” and “a prototype of the flood of self-help books that have more recently been published, few of them as well worth reading today as Russell’s little book.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44208616669396,"sku":"","price":499.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/51uMtpifmGL.jpg?v=1703267497"},{"product_id":"the-forty-year-war-in-afghanistan-by-tariq-ali","title":"The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan by Tariq Ali","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Politics-Social-Sciences-Books\/b\/ref=dp_bc_aui_C_2?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;node=3377866011\" class=\"a-link-normal a-color-tertiary\"\u003ePolitics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.6\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 272\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe occupation of Afghanistan is over, and a balance sheet can be drawn. These essays on war and peace in the region reveal Tariq Ali at his sharpest and most prescient.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRarely has there been such an enthusiastic display of international unity as that which greeted the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Compared to Iraq, Afghanistan became the “good war.” But a stalemate ensued, and the Taliban waited out the NATO contingents. Today, with the collapse of the puppet regime in Kabul, what does the future hold for a traumatised Afghan people? Will China become the dominant influence in the country?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTariq Ali has been following the wars in Afghanistan for forty years. He opposed Soviet military interven- tion in 1979, predicting disaster. He was also a fierce critic of its NATO sequel, Operation Enduring Freedom. In a series of trenchant commentaries, he has described the tragedies inflicted on Afghanistan, as well as the semi-Talibanisation and militarisation of neighbouring Pakistan. Most of his predictions have proved accurate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together the best of his writings and includes a new introduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44212563771604,"sku":"","price":499.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/61HA-JXPErL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703440897"},{"product_id":"the-silk-roads-by-peter-frankopan","title":"The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: History\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 672\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South Asia has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrankopan realigns our understanding of the world, pointing us eastward. It was on the Silk Roads that East and West first encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas, cultures and religions. From the rise and fall of empires to the spread of Buddhism and the advent of Christianity and Islam, right up to the great wars of the twentieth century—this book shows how the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44212754776276,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/A1vC6rVEgOL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703454838"},{"product_id":"the-spectre-of-afghanistan-by-amin-saikal-and-kirill-nourzhanov","title":"The Spectre of Afghanistan by Amin Saikal and Kirill Nourzhanov","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Political Science\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 3\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 248\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAiming to connect a number of divergent perspectives on the current state of Afghanistan, this book outlines the country's past and present instability and how this impacts and is conceptualised by its neighbours as well as by international heavyweights such as Russia, China and the United States. Given Afghanistan's extensive cross-border ethnic, linguistic, sectarian and cultural ties with its neighbours – whatever transpires in the war-torn country is bound to have regional and global security implications. This study focuses on the current formal and informal defensive policies the states of Central Asia may or may not have in place in the event of the Afghan situation deteriorating further or the Taliban-led insurgency substantially widening their influence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book also considers the positions and policy responses of three influential actors in the region: Russia, China and the United States. It assesses the convergence of interests between these great powers in stabilising Afghanistan, and their divergence of geopolitical objectives in the region. With President Donald Trump unpredictably upheaving American policy in Afghanistan, an assertive Russia continuing to expand its influence across Central Asia and China seeking to have a wider economic and security role in the region, this book offers a timely assessment of an internationally-important topic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44212759724244,"sku":"","price":400.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/91BV_Yyqp5L._SL1500.jpg?v=1703455210"},{"product_id":"unpopular-essays-by-bertrand-russell","title":"Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.4\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 200\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA classic collection of Bertrand Russell’s more controversial works, reaffirming his staunch liberal values, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnpopular Essays\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of Russell’s most characteristic and self-revealing books. Written to \"combat… the growth in Dogmatism\", on first publication in 1950 it met with critical acclaim and a wide readership and has since become one of his most accessible and popular books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214757949652,"sku":"","price":475.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/619Q336dSzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703571926"},{"product_id":"why-nations-fail-by-daron-acemoglu-and-james-a-robinson","title":"Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Comparative politics\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, Economics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 544\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrilliant and engagingly written,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWhy Nations Fail\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eanswers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIs it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214767648980,"sku":"","price":575.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/71m3yC4C0vL._SL1200.jpg?v=1703572349"},{"product_id":"world-order-by-henry-kissinger","title":"World Order by Henry Kissinger","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences, \u003c\/span\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Government\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 432\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" lang=\"en-PK\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHenry Kissinger offers in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWorld Order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the foremost statesmen of the modern era—advising presidents, traveling the world, observing and shaping the central foreign policy events of recent decades—Kissinger now reveals his analysis of the ultimate challenge for the twenty-first century: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historical perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere has never been a true “world order,” Kissinger observes. For most of history, civilizations defined their own concepts of order. Each considered itself the center of the world and envisioned its distinct principles as universally relevant. China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the emperor at its pinnacle. In Europe, Rome imagined itself surrounded by barbarians; when Rome fragmented, European peoples refined a concept of an equilibrium of sovereign states and sought to export it across the world. Islam, in its early centuries, considered itself the world’s sole legitimate political unit, destined to expand indefinitely until the world was brought into harmony by religious principles. The United States was born of a conviction about the universal applicability of democracy—a conviction that has guided its policies ever since.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow international affairs take place on a global basis, and these historical concepts of world order are meeting. Every region participates in questions of high policy in every other, often instantaneously. Yet there is no consensus among the major actors about the rules and limits guiding this process or its ultimate destination. The result is mounting tension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrounded in Kissinger’s deep study of history and his experience as national security advisor and secretary of state, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWorld Order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e guides readers through crucial episodes in recent world history. Kissinger offers a unique glimpse into the inner deliberations of the Nixon administration’s negotiations with Hanoi over the end of the Vietnam War, as well as Ronald Reagan’s tense debates with Soviet Premier Gorbachev in Reykjavík. He offers compelling insights into the future of U.S.–China relations and the evolution of the European Union, and he examines lessons of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Taking readers from his analysis of nuclear negotiations with Iran through the West’s response to the Arab Spring and tensions with Russia over Ukraine, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWorld Order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e anchors Kissinger’s historical analysis in the decisive events of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvocative and articulate, blending historical insight with geopolitical prognostication, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWorld Order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a unique work that could come only from a lifelong policy maker and diplomat. Kissinger is also the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOn China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214774923476,"sku":"","price":575.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/71rJUln0b8L._SL1500.jpg?v=1703572679"},{"product_id":"the-age-of-walls-by-tim-marshall","title":"The Age of Walls by Tim Marshall","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: \u003c\/span\u003ePolitical Science, International Relations, Diplomacy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.5\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 288\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe globe has always been a world of walls, from the Great Wall of China to Hadrian’s Wall to the Berlin Wall. But a new age of isolationism and economic nationalism is upon us, visible in Trump’s obsession with building a wall on the Mexico border, in Britain’s Brexit vote, and in many other places as well. China has the great Firewall, holding back Western culture. Europe’s countries are walling themselves against immigrants, terrorism, and currency issues. South Africa has heavily gated communities, and massive walls or fences separate people in the Middle East, Korea, Sudan, India, and other places around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn fact, more than a third of the world’s nation-states have barriers along their borders. Understanding what is behind these divisions is essential to understanding much of what’s going on in the world today. Written in Tim Marshall’s brisk, inimitable style, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Age of Walls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is divided by geographic region. He provides an engaging context that is often missing from political discussion and draws on his real life experiences as a reporter from hotspots around the globe. He examines how walls, borders, and barriers have been shaping our political landscape for hundreds of years, and especially since 2001, and how they figure in the diplomatic relations and geo-political events of today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216755290324,"sku":"","price":575.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/81ByZYHJF7L._SL1500.jpg?v=1703703289"},{"product_id":"the-afghanistan-papers-by-craig-whitlock","title":"The Afghanistan Papers by Craig Whitlock","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Politics-Social-Sciences-Books\/b\/ref=dp_bc_aui_C_2?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;node=3377866011\" class=\"a-link-normal a-color-tertiary\"\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.6\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 368\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 had near-unanimous public support. At first, the goals were straightforward and clear: defeat al-Qaeda and prevent a repeat of 9\/11. Yet soon after the United States and its allies removed the Taliban from power, the mission veered off course and US officials lost sight of their original objectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDistracted by the war in Iraq, the US military become mired in an unwinnable guerrilla conflict in a country it did not understand. But no president wanted to admit failure, especially in a war that began as a just cause. Instead, the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations sent more and more troops to Afghanistan and repeatedly said they were making progress, even though they knew there was no realistic prospect for an outright victory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as the Pentagon Papers changed the public’s understanding of Vietnam, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Afghanistan Papers\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econtains “fast-paced and vivid” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) revelation after revelation from people who played a direct role in the war from leaders in the White House and the Pentagon to soldiers and aid workers on the front lines. In unvarnished language, they admit that the US government’s strategies were a mess, that the nation-building project was a colossal failure, and that drugs and corruption gained a stranglehold over their allies in the Afghan government. All told, the account is based on interviews with more than 1,000 people who knew that the US government was presenting a distorted, and sometimes entirely fabricated, version of the facts on the ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDocuments unearthed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveal that President Bush didn’t know the name of his Afghanistan war commander—and didn’t want to meet with him. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted that he had “no visibility into who the bad guys are.” His successor, Robert Gates, said: “We didn’t know jack shit about al-Qaeda.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216772427988,"sku":"","price":550.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/71_7rGeU3OL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703705034"},{"product_id":"the-psychology-of-politics-by-hans-eysenck","title":"The Psychology of Politics by Hans Eysenck","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Political Psychology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.7\/5 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 104\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow do some political leaders capture popular support? What is the appeal of belonging to a nation? Can democracy thrive?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Psychology of Politics explores how the emotions which underpin everyday life are also vital in what happens on the political stage. It draws on psychoanalytic ideas to show how fear and passion shape the political sphere in our changing societies and cultures, and examines topical social issues and events including Brexit, the changing nature of democracy, activism, and Trump in America.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a changing global political climate, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Psychology of Politics\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshows us how we can make sense of what drives human conduct in relation to political ideas and action.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44216794054868,"sku":"","price":420.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/51kVKJFOZcL._SL1360.jpg?v=1703706038"},{"product_id":"the-origins-of-political-order-by-francis-fukuyama","title":"The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.6\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 620\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today's developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Fukuyama, author of the bestselling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe End of History and the Last Man\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand one of our most important political thinkers, provides a sweeping account of how today's basic political institutions developed. The first of a major two-volume work, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Origins of Political Order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e begins with politics among our primate ancestors and follows the story through the emergence of tribal societies, the growth of the first modern state in China, the beginning of the rule of law in India and the Middle East, and the development of political accountability in Europe up until the eve of the French Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a vast body of knowledge—history, evolutionary biology, archaeology, and economics—Fukuyama has produced a brilliant, provocative work that offers fresh insights on the origins of democratic societies and raises essential questions about the nature of politics and its discontents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44219560984788,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/91Kx1nFmy7L._SL1500.jpg?v=1703796345"},{"product_id":"political-order-and-political-decay-by-francis-fukuyama","title":"Political Order and Political Decay by Francis Fukuyama","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eCategory: Politics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003eRating: 4.6\/5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Pages: 867\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e About Book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0cm; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-PK\" style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #1f2124;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Origins of Political Order\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in the second instalment of his definitive account of mankind's emergence as a political animal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of how state, law and democracy developed after these cataclysmic events, how the modern landscape - with its uneasy tension between dictatorships and liberal democracies - evolved and how in the United States and in other developed democracies, unmistakable signs of decay have emerged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf we want to understand the political systems that dominate and order our lives, we must first address their origins - in our own recent past as well as in the earliest systems of human government. Fukuyama argues that the key to successful government can be reduced to three key elements: a strong state, the rule of law and institutions of democratic accountability.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis magisterial account is required reading for anyone wishing to know more about mankind's greatest achievements.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FRIENDS BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44219564458196,"sku":"","price":650.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/1236\/9364\/files\/91i7gqTupXL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703796591"},{"product_id":"the-new-crusades-by-khaled-a-beydoun","title":"The New Crusades By Khaled A. 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Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpace: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to communication, economics, military strategy and international relations on Earth. Now, it is the latest arena for human exploration, exploitation – and, possibly, conquest. We’re heading up and out, and we’re taking our power struggles with us. 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Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India's oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the world. 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