World Digest
Could the Syrian conflict spread to Lebanon and Russia?
Newsweek FAYSAL ITANI Lately, the high geopolitics of events in Aleppo have rightly received a great deal of attention. Yet,...
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A Looming Crisis for China’s Legal System
Foreign Policy Magazine JEROME A. COHEN Talented judges and lawyers are leaving the profession, as ideology continues to trump the...
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Push for education reforms
Arab News MUHAMMAD WAQAS There is little doubt that education forms the cornerstone of democracy and modern society. Pakistan is...
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Is this the end of the European dream?
Khaleej Times Olivier Guez Jihadist attacks, a migrant flood, Greek debt, surging nationalism: Across the European Union, anxiety and division...
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Could Edward Snowden get a fair trial if he returned to the US?
Christian Science Monitor Lonnie Shekhtman Speaking to a New Hampshire audience on Saturday by Skype, Edward Snowden said he would...
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Concerns in Saudi Arabia over signs of more military involvement in Syria
Washington Post Hugh Naylor Saudi Arabia is flexing its muscles as pro-government forces in Syria’s civil war make sweeping advances,...
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Indian Prime Minister Modi fears conspiracies against him
Asia Times M.K. BHADRAKUMAR There is no conceivable reason why a government which commands the support of 282 lawmakers in...
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Where We Went Wrong, From Afghanistan To ISIS
Newsweek MARK MOYAR Part II To permit rapid enlargement of the Afghan forces, the United States boosted funding and the...
Read moreHollywood So White: Diversity report gives damning picture of US film industry
The Guardian Andrew Pulver As the #OscarsSoWhite protest reaches its climax in advance of Sunday’s Academy Awards, a wide-ranging academic...
Read moreWhat next for Pakistan shares and the rupee?
Khaleej Times Matein Khalid The IMF bailout pressured Islamabad to slash government spending in a bid to reduce its twin...
Read moreEchoes of the Heart
Kazakh President satisfied with results of talks with Putin
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signified satisfaction following the lengthy face-to-face talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Sochi, the Facebook account of the President’s press secretary Ruslan Zheldibay reads. During the talks the parties debated a wide range of issues concerning trade and economic, investment, humanitarian cooperation, cooperation of the two nations in the […]Read More »