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The aftermath of two decades
By Uzge Saleem A loss of more than $2 trillion dollars, almost 2500 US casualties, four US presidents and two decades…
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Sad collapse in Afghanistan: Political miscalculations overshadow military success
By Raphael Benaroya As I write this, the Taliban have completed their swift takeover of Afghanistan. They have occupied the…
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Courting disaster: How Hun Sen is ignoring trends and creating a perilous position for himself
By Vincenzo Caporale In late June, the Asian Maritime Transparency Initiative produced satellite images that showed Chinese contractors had helped…
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Out of Afghanistan
The Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan in December, 1979 and withdrew, exhausted and demoralized, 10 years later. In Moscow a joke…
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The dangerous pretext of Western intervention
By Abid Wani What the world witnessed with the “Fall of Kabul” is actually a failure of state building project…
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Non-violence’s battlefield success
By any reasonable measure violence should have had its day. Throughout our long history violence and war have solved little.…
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Should war be given a chance?
Let me appear to be cynical for once. I’m constantly arguing that war can be avoided and even pre-empted if…
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Assessing FATF role for Pakistan in the context of Wallerstien approach
By Dr. Zahid Khan Basically, the key objective of FATF (Financial Action Task Force) is to set the standards and…
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The New Cold War and the threat of China’s BRI
By Jerry M. Rosenberg While the U.S. is asleep, China plots its next move. Events following the insurrection on the…
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Afghanistan: No peace without a clear vision
By Dr. Djawed Sangdel Peace is the absence of war, while war is the absence of peace! A negotiated peace…
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