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Erdogen in Pakistan In his October 18 column, Hamid Mir contrasts Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Erdogan, with Pakistan’s own leaders. Unlike many Pakistani...
India should extend its role in Afghanistan
After the third major attack against Indian nationals in Afghanistan by terrorists on February 26th, 2010, India’s National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon...
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Yemen transfer Mohammed bin Howaidan in UAE’s al-Bayan writes about al-Qaeda’s expansion into Yemen. He points out that a base in Yemen is important...
Understanding the Baloch insurgency
The ongoing violence in Balochistan is representative of the total alienation of the Baloch population from the Pakistani establishment. Schools in Balochistan have...
An embrace without trust
For decades, US geopolitical interests in southern Asia have centred on controlling the Indian Ocean, with its lucrative energy transport routes to and from Japan...
Giving Kabul a leg up
The announcement came after months of deliberation over General Stanley McChrystal’s request for additional troops, which brought to the fore tensions between...
Withdrawal symptoms
Barack Obama’s speech to military cadets at West Point this December was intended to send a clear message to the American people, but to the Afghans and countries...
Why India must send troops to Afghanistan
In the August 2008 issue of this magazine, Sushant K Singh made a comprehensive case for India to increase its military presence in Afghanistan. Beyond engaging...
China eyes its Afghanistan moves
When prestigious groups feeding into the Obama administration—from the Center for American Progress to the Center for a New American Security—write about China’s...
Battling strategic irrelevance
In the early 1970s, desperate to pull out of Vietnam, the Nixon administration made a dramatic diplomatic opening to China—and preserved US influence in Asia....
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