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A terrible beauty is born in the geopolitics of Kashmir

The tallest Kashmiri politician today, Farooq Abdullah, former chief minister of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir and an erstwhile cabinet minister in the central government in New Delhi,…

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Russia’s ‘Doklam Dilemma’

Through the month-long India-China standoff in Doklam near Sikkim border, Moscow has not spoken. Russian diplomacy is presumably at work. The ground is slippery, because “territorial sovereignty” is a hugely…

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Russia quietly begins building third military base in Syria

Moscow plans to oversee new 'deconfliction zone' in country's south, charged among other things with clearing ISIS away from Jordanian border By Sami Moubayed Over the past few days, the…

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The road to Donald leads through Ivanka

By :  David Böcking and Vanessa Steinmetz A head of government praises his daughter for a project to which he then provides millions of euros in support: It's the kind…

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America’s glorious guilt

Who is Medina, and why should we be mindful of her? By : Michael Gerson She tells me she is 40, but she looks more like 30. She smiles beautifully…

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America’s self-inflicted decline

Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Accord has drawn widespread condemnation and criticism. But it is just the latest example of a self-inflicted blow to…

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The American way of war

By : Sheldon Richman The most striking fact about the United States of America is not its supposed founding principles  more often lauded than observed  but how often “the greatest…

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This is India’s China war, round two

The absurd myth of an 'unprovoked Chinese aggression' in 1962 has fermented in India a persistent longing for revenge By : Neville Maxwell With India and China interacting over more than…

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China plays its Kashmir card Why India must be on guard

The most consequential template of India's foreign policies is breaking loose right in front of our eyes and is beginning to drift away in a perilous direction over which we…

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China tech – Interesting bits and pieces

By : Fred Reed To one watching the advance of Chinese science and technology, or to me anyway, several things stand out. First, the headlong pace. Second, the amount of…

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