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Shahid Ahmad Hashmat
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The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is one of the largest international organizations, which represents aspirations of 1.5 billion Muslims residing all over the world. It comprises FiftySeven member states and many observers; including fours sates, one Muslim community/organization, two Islamic institutions and five international organizations. The members of the OIC occupy a land mass of over eight million sq km, having enormous human and natural resources. According to population estimates of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), seven members of the OIC fall in top twenty most populous countries in the world. By 2050, ten Muslim countries will be included in the list of top twenty most populous countries in the world. Many members of the OIC have remained adversely affected by numerous internal/external conflicts, which have had very negative influence on come up a long way, yet it has not been able to develop any viable mechanism for conflict resolution amongst its members and with rest of the world.
Power potential of any state or an alliance of states plays very important role in international politics. National power has many dimensions. It is a total sum of multidimensional abilities and capabilities, including manpower, military, economic, technological, psychological and cultural dimension of any nation/group of nations. Power can be institutionalized by establishing rules, regimes, and institutions that reflect the distribution of power among groups and communities.