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PAKFRANCE RELATIONS DURING 21ST CENTURY STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AND BILATERAL COOPERATION

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-III).04      10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-III).04      Published : Sep 2024

Pak-France Relations During 21st Century: Strategic Alliances and Bilateral Cooperation

Abstract

    This research aims to critically analyse the bilateral relations between France and Pakistan during the 21st century. It emphasizes political, economic, social, cultural and military relationships between the two countries. Its purposes are to demonstrate the political ideologies and foreign policy objectives that influence Pakistan-France relations, to examine the nature of economic ties between Pakistan and France, to analyse the patterns of trade and investment that changed over time, to evaluate the Pakistan-France collaboration on military and security matters, and other key areas of cooperation, and to elucidate Pakistan-France political relations, the influence of pressure groups(political and religious) on their relationship, and to imposing allegations on France as a result of religious disparity in Pakistan. This study concludes that Pakistan and France are having high time collaborations in various sectors with a particular focus on working together in the fields of nuclear technology, defence cooperation, and resolving global security issues.

    Pak-France Relations, Political Ideologies, Security Matters, Economic Regulations, Foreign Policy

    (1) Muhammad Ali Raza Tariq
    M.Phil Scholar, Department of International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghulam Mustafa
    Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Shabbir
    Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Tariq, M. A. R., Mustafa, G., & Shabbir, M. (2024). Pak-France Relations During 21st Century: Strategic Alliances and Bilateral Cooperation. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX(III), 40-52. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-III).04

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Tariq, Muhammad Ali Raza, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Shabbir. 2024. "Pak-France Relations During 21st Century: Strategic Alliances and Bilateral Cooperation." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX (III): 40-52 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-III).04

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    HARVARD : TARIQ, M. A. R., MUSTAFA, G. & SHABBIR, M. 2024. Pak-France Relations During 21st Century: Strategic Alliances and Bilateral Cooperation. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX, 40-52.

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    MHRA : Tariq, Muhammad Ali Raza, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Shabbir. 2024. "Pak-France Relations During 21st Century: Strategic Alliances and Bilateral Cooperation." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX: 40-52

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    MLA : Tariq, Muhammad Ali Raza, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Shabbir. "Pak-France Relations During 21st Century: Strategic Alliances and Bilateral Cooperation." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX.III (2024): 40-52 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Tariq, Muhammad Ali Raza, Mustafa, Ghulam, and Shabbir, Muhammad (2024), "Pak-France Relations During 21st Century: Strategic Alliances and Bilateral Cooperation", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, IX (III), 40-52

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Tariq, Muhammad Ali Raza, Ghulam Mustafa, and Muhammad Shabbir. "Pak-France Relations During 21st Century: Strategic Alliances and Bilateral Cooperation." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review IX, no. III (2024): 40-52. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2024(IX-III).04