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China’s ‘Very Tricky Situation’
Beijing’s gloating over America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan masks a deeper anxiety. As the United States rushed to evacuate people from an Afghanistan that is once again…
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India’s ‘Love Jihad’ Laws Aim to Oppress Minorities
Anti-conversion laws have roots in India’s colonial history and the deep caste and communal fractures in its society An anti-conversion law passed late last year in…
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Calculating The Costs of the Afghanistan War in Lives, Dollars and Years
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed…
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After Afghanistan, Let’s Not be Misty-Eyed About the West’s Rules-Based Order
The so-called international order is full of flaws and hypocrisy, but imagine the alternative. As most international media focuses on the United States and the broader…
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How The Taliban Exploited Afghanistan’s Human Geography
How did the Taliban seize power so quickly? While the weakness of the Afghan state was no secret, the speed of the Taliban’s victory stemmed from…
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As Female Journalists Flee Afghanistan, The Future Looks Dire for Media Freedom
While individual countries try to do what they can for those caught up in the mayhem, international pressure is lacking When Beheshta Arghand questioned a Taliban…
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Europe’s New Refugee Crisis
The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan has already deepened conflicts elsewhere, including Europe, where a confrontation is escalating between Belarus and its European Union neighbours: Poland, Lithuania…
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Out of Afghanistan: Joe Biden and the Future of America’s Foreign Policy
As the last US forces leave Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s decision to press ahead with the American withdrawal has prompted the first major foreign policy crisis…
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How Shifting Demographics is Changing America’s Face
America would not have become America had it not housed masses from around the world Talk about the melting pot! First, there’s that chain of franchised…
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State-Building and Nation-Building: Lessons From Afghanistan
Asserting military control on a geographic space is different from governing a society The international community is disturbed by the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan.…
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Mind the Mind Gap
While developing countries have been catching up to their richer counterparts on some key metrics, they appear to be falling behind on others. Most worrisome is…
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Social Media: Activism or Amusement?
Social media generally holds nothing beyond entertainment value for many. After the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Nepal-based social media users have been relentlessly posting on social…
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Quad Meets ‘Saigon Moment’
Abandonment of allies dents the credibility of a superpower, which is probably why Kamala Harris’s remarks on Indo-Pacific didn’t have a strident aggressive anti-China rhetoric. The…
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Access to Justice Against Gender-Based Violence
The recently increasing incidents in a row expose the fault line on which women are standing in Pakistan Of late, many violent cases against women have…
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The Political Fallout from the Afghanistan Debacle Is Reaching Europe
The abrupt collapse of Afghanistan’s NATO-backed government in the wake of the departure of U.S. forces cast a sharp, critical spotlight on U.S. President Joe Biden.…
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Lessons for Russia From the U.S. Leadership Crisis
It would be foolish to assume the American withdrawal from Afghanistan will be repeated everywhere else that there is a U.S. presence. U.S. President Joe Biden’s…