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ASIA
It wasn’t the threat that worked, it was reduction of fear
By Kristin Y. Christman Americans are instructed that North Korea is an aggressor that violates international agreements and doesn’t negotiate. Until…
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ASIA
Coercing North Korea
By Phil W. Reynolds This past week, North Korea conducted its most successful ICBM test to date, with its Hwasong-15 missile…
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MIDDLE EAST
US Congress takes first steps for a negotiated end to Saudi-led conflict in Yemen
By Rene Wadlow On 13 November, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution, 366 to 30 opposed, on the…
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BUSINESS
Trump’s tax plan: Who wins, who pays
By Arthur S. Guarino Under the tax plan proposed by the Trump Administration and Congress, there will be those who will…
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AMERICAS
Why are police in the USA so terrified?
By Robert J. Burrowes In a recent incident in the United States, yet another unarmed man was shot dead by police…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Nikki Haley’s statement on Doha-Hamas ties and its possible implications for US policy toward Qatar
By Shahab Moghadam The decision by Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE in June 2017 to…
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ASIA
Takeaway from Tillerson visit
By Sadia Kazmi The much awaited and hyped up visit of the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has on…
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INTL CONFLICTS
End of US global hegemony and dawn of Iranian Empire
By Farhang Faraydoon Namdar Fall of Kirkuk accomplished the Shiite crescent, putting a big question mark on US hegemon and…
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ASIA
Trump’s Iran’s mantra of fix or nix it
By Saeed Wazir There are parallels between what happened to Iraq then and what is happening with Iran now – Trump’s…
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ASIA
Deterrence or engagement: The quest for normalization
By Ubaid Ahmed Bellicose rhetoric flying back and forth between US and North Korea serves to increase the perception that…
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