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Borderline
It may be forever unknown whether a London barrister named Sir Cyril Radcliffe, sketching a map in the summer of 1947, pondered the words...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


As the World Crumbles, Who Will Foot the Bill?
It happened at night. The people awoke as the walls began to shake, disrupting what would otherwise have been a normal August night in...
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Nov 18, 20225 min read


The Rising Tide: Floods in Pakistan Demonstrate the Need for a Higher Level of Journalism on Climate
As Hurricane Ian pounded Florida, we in the United States were once again reminded of the devastating impact of climate change. With...
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Nov 3, 20225 min read


Stopping Star Wars
In August 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an earth-shattering announcement for space politics: By 2022, India plans to...
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Sep 24, 20194 min read


A Diplomatic Conundrum: Seeking Peace in Afghanistan
The World Economic Forum this year in Davos, Switzerland, made clear the unfortunate stress that continues to increasingly pressure...
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Apr 18, 20196 min read


TAPI: Peace or Continued Power Struggles?
The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline, has been hailed as a “peace pipeline” with the...
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Jul 3, 20185 min read


‘Modi’fying Their Middle East Strategy
Up until recent years, India-Middle East relations were largely driven by economic considerations. In the latter half of the 20th...
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Nov 29, 20178 min read


Destroying Indonesia’s Reputation of Peace
Indonesia, with its over 240 million practicing Muslims, is usually devoid of much of the instability that plagues the...
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Dec 10, 20165 min read


Capital Punishment in India: Life, Death, and Rebirth?
On November 21, 2012, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national and the only surviving gunman involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, was...
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Nov 28, 20165 min read


India and Pakistan: Second Cold War, Third World War?
On September 17th, the latent tension between South Asian heavyweights India and Pakistan escalated into overt hostility after an attack...
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Nov 12, 20166 min read


Pakistan: Examining a Critical Intersection of Three Major Powers
Pakistan has long struggled with deep civil strife. Since widespread ethnic cleansing after India’s partitioning in the 1940s, a myriad...
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Apr 9, 20165 min read


Now You Teach Me Now You Don’t
Corruption in Afghanistan may not come as much of a surprise, but the country is far from the only one in the developing world afflicted...
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Dec 9, 20159 min read


Unholy Laws For A Holy Cause: Blasphemy Laws In Pakistan
Saif-ul-Malook lives his life with two security guards and a constant fear of death. He receives threats daily and has spent weeks in the...
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Apr 24, 20155 min read


Iron Brotherhood: The Rise of the China-Pakistan Axis
Since President Obama’s much-publicized visit to India in January, analysts have heralded the advent of strong US-India relations. The...
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Mar 11, 20155 min read


AQ Khan’s Deals for the Bomb
A national Pakistani hero, for whom more than a dozen academic institutions have already been named, spent five years under house arrest...
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Dec 6, 20148 min read


Malala: The Taliban’s Shot Heard ‘Round the World
Malala Yousafzai is the “bravest girl in the world.” In early 2009, when Malala was only 11, she began writing a blog for the BBC about...
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Oct 24, 20134 min read
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