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Tharparkar In Throes
Mubarak Ali Baloch Once beautifully dotted with the growing population of peacocks and gleefully jumping flocks of deer Tharparkar's vast...
Read moreIs U.S. ‘presidentialist’ democracy failing?
Washington Post Charles Lane Perplexed by today’s turbulent American political scene? Not to worry: A distinguished political scientist wrote an...
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Putin is a bigger threat to Europe’s existence than Isis
The Guardian George Soros The best way for Russia to avoid collapse is by making the EU implode first by...
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U.S. Moves to Boost Ties on China’s Doorstep
Wall Street Journal BEN OTTO Obama to meet with 10 Southeast Asian leaders to coordinate U.S. interests in region where...
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Modi and his foreign trips
Arab News RAJEEV SHARMA In the past 20 months since taking over as prime minister of India, Narendra Modi has...
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After Madaya, Will the World Watch South Sudan Starve Too?
Foreign Policy Magazine SIOBHÁN O'GRADY In April 2014, United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon warned that South Sudan was on the...
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Where ISIS is challenging the Taliban for power in Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor Lynne O'Donnell | Humayoon Babur ISIS ambitions for Afghanistan seem focused on setting up what it calls "Khorasan...
Read more5 reasons China won’t help shut down North Korea’s nuclear programme
Christian Science Monitor Robert Marquand In Washington, all eyes areon Beijing as Chinese leaders decide how to respond to North...
Read moreThe Pentagon has fired the first shot in a new arms race
The Guardian Mary Dejevsky The US is ramping up military spending to counter ‘Russian aggression’ – but what does that...
Read moreCan Obama let go of his wished-for legacy?
Washington Post Jackson Diehl The tide of war is receding,” Barack Obama tirelessly insisted four years ago as he campaigned...
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 »