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Dealing with the Afghan imbroglio
If the Taliban forces gain more territory, as they are expected to do, the pressure on Pakistan will increase
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Afghanistan’s six wars
In less than a century and a half Afghanistan has fought six wars. Each one of them changed the country
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The world after Brexit
Brexit has raised the spectre of what one American political scientist called the ‘clash of civilisations’
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South Asia and the new Cold War
The new Cold War has arrived on the shores of South Asia
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Orlando, Islam and the West
Donald Trump has made no secret of his dislike of Islam and the migration to the US of the members of this faith
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The United States, India and China
Journey on which the US embarked with respect to relations with India began during presidencies of Bush and Clinton
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America and Muslim world politics
Given Pakistan’s geographical position, it could influence social, economic and political progress of Muslim societies
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Pakistan’s place in Obama’s world
In what came to be described as the “Obama Doctrine,” the president was inclined to let the world go its own way
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Understanding corporate behaviour
The pharmaceutical industry is the most “financialised” of all sectors in the global economy
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Turning the Trump way
There is a consensus that even if Trump loses to Clinton, his campaign would have changed the world