Nabeel Hussain
Economic integration, spillover effect and complex interdependence have always remained quintessential topics in international relations and international politics.Ernst B Hass illustrates in his theory of Neo Functionalism that integration and cooperation between two states results in cooperation with other states and it has “spillover” effect on rest of the other states.
HAVANA, MAY 18 (DNA) – A Cuban-operated airliner with at least 110 people on board crashed into a cassava field just after takeoff from Havana’s international airport on Friday. There appeared to be mass casualties as Cuban officials said three people had survived, but had yet to give an official toll.
BEIJING, MAY 18 (DNA) – The US decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran could scare off European investors but oil-thirsty China may step into the void and ramp up business links with the country.China, which is already Iran’s top trade partner and one of its biggest buyers of crude, has signalled that it intends to keep working with the Islamic regime despite the US move.
ANKARA, MAY 17 (DNA) – Istanbul will host a Palestine summit, which 57 members of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) are expected to participate, to give a strong message against the Israeli violence that martyred at least 62 Palestinians — the youngest being 8 months old — during mass rallies Monday.
KABUL, MAY 16 (DNA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani apologised Wednesday to the families of civilians, mainly children, killed when the country s air force sprayed an outdoor religious gathering with rockets and machine gun fire last month.
RAMALLAH, MAY 16 (DNA) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas withdrew his top representative to the United States Tuesday, the foreign ministry announced, a day after the US moved its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem.Husam Zomlot, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s office in Washington, would return to the Palestinian territories Wednesday, the statement said.
MUMBAI, MAY 15 (DNA) – It’s not only Sonam Kapoor who has chosen to marry outside the film industry. There are many in tinsel town that purposely do so. But why do actors seek life partners outside entertainment, ever thought of that? Take Preity Zinta, for example. The Soldier star would often say she’d never marry anyone from the Bollywood because it was like eating at the place where you do your morning chores, to put it politely.
ISLAMABAD, MAY 15 (DNA) – Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has failed to recover millions invested in Center Hotel Abu Dhabi after a long gap of 21 years as Sheikh Khalifa bin Muhammad Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is using his influence to delay the execution of court orders, according to proceedings of a recent cabinet meeting.
BUBLIN, MAY 15 (DNA) – Ireland on Tuesday seemed to be on track to upset Pakistan in their first-ever Test match, but fighting fifties by opener Imamul Haq and right-handed batsman Babar Azam made sure the visitors chased the 167-run target at Dublin.
TEHRAN, MAY 15 (DNA) – Iran s foreign minister said Tuesday that efforts to save the nuclear deal after the abrupt US withdrawal were “on the right track” as he began talks with European powers in Brussels. Mohammad Javad Zarif met EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini ahead of evening talks with his counterparts from Britain, France and Germany — the three European signatories to the 2015 landmark deal who are scrambling to preserve it.
