INTL CONFLICTS
Information and updates on international conflicts
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The lifeblood of terror
By Sanchita Bhattacharya On September 24, 2015, a fake lottery scam, with suspected hawala (illegal money transactions) linkages, was unearthed in West…
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A new option to terrorism, quagmire in Middle East?
By Ben Tanosborn Vladimir Putin should not be pegged as a master strategist nor as a superb tactician; not when…
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Not just about Assad: Explaining the Russian-Iranian axis in Syria
By Jeanette JJ Harper Russia and Iran – both members of the Caspian Five – believe they have acted as…
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Worth & betrayal: Managing the US strategic thinking in South Asia
By Syed Shahid Hussain Bukhari Since its creation in 1947, Pakistan has been struggling to ensure its survival as an independent…
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The Kremlin’s millions, and its support of pro-Russian activists in the Baltics
By Sanita Jemberga (Latvia), Mikk Salu (Estonia), Šarūnas Černiauskas (Lithuania) With one hand, Kremlin strangles non-governmental organizations in Russia. With another,…
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Hamas’s diplomatic activism: Modified strategies and new alliances
By Fadi Elhusseini Many observers saw a potential breakthrough in Tony Blair’s recent meeting with the head of Hamas’s political bureau…
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Death toll in Afghan hospital bombing rises to 19
The death toll by a U.S. airstrike at a hospital run by a medical aid group in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz city…
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The Young Turks on Russia’s airstrikes in Syria: “Russia is not going to do anything in there that doesn’t help Assad.”
The Young Turks John Iadarola, Ben Mankiewicz, and The Lip TV’s Elliot Hill discuss Russia’s airstrikes in Syria. According to…
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Pak-India nuclear installation and global nuclear order
By Shahzadi Tooba Hussain Syed India’s nuclear industry has been largely without IAEA safeguards, though four nuclear power plants have been…
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Armenia and Azerbaijan at each other’s throats again
Even as the world leaders gathered in New York for the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, conflicting parties…
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