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The Trump-Taliban scandal
The Afghan group’s disputed endorsement of Trump raises some good questions for everyone to consider
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Is the end of the Trump presidency near?
Although he is trailing Biden in the polls, more than 40% of the electorate is still behind him
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India’s Nagorno-Karabakh crisis conundrum
India’s forced to officially remain neutral despite many of its social media users agitating for it to support Armenia
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Why Armenia and Azerbaijan could be at the centre of the next global crisis
Observers have warned that the ongoing violence is the worst since the end of the war in 1994
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How CPEC can counterbalance India’s African outreach
India and its new allies have zero-sum intentions in mind which clash with China and Pakistan’s win-win ones
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Why is it so difficult to deal with Daesh in Afghanistan?
Daesh being a persistent threat to Russia, Iran and China naturally becomes a shared interest for the US
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The Indian-Russian relations renaissance
This developing state of affairs arguably advances American strategic interests in Eurasia
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Afghanistan and Pakistan’s oft-ignored history – 1947-1978
Pakistan’s founding alleviated the Afghans’ greater concern with regards to security threats from India
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Why is trouble brewing in the Solomon Islands?
Malaita’s threat to secede from the Solomon Islands could create a crisis in the South Pacific
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Is change on the horizon in Lebanon?
French President Emmanuel Macron has taken it upon himself to steer Lebanon towards recovery