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How China’s currency policies will change the world

Chinese 100 - yuan notes in Beijing on Aug. 25   Summary The recent fluctuations in China's currency typify the best and worst of a globalized world, where developments in…

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China-Sri Lanka ties transcend partisan politics

By Yu Ning Sri Lanka's parliamentary election concluded on Tuesday, with the United National Party (UNP) edging out its rival, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA). Mahinda Rajapaksa, former president…

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Taliban ready for peace talks, who else?

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence has brilliantly succeeded in squashing the dissent within the Afghan Taliban over the new leadership of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor. The ISI took all in all less than…

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Afghanistan’s 32 year refugee crisis

By Catherine Putz Afghanistan's refugee crisis is decades old. Afghans began fleeing the country after the Saur Revolution in 1978; more fled in the opening scenes of the Soviet invasion…

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Coas and the Hornets

By Brig (R) Samson Simon Sharaf The swiftness, accuracy and effectiveness of Rangers led operations in Karachi in concert with National Accountability Bureau and Federal Investigation Agency against established centers…

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Ex-Balochistan militants recount path to war with Pakistan

By Wajahat S. Khan The promise of an AK-47, money and a new motorcycle tipped Hammad into militancy at the age of 20. "I was given three men, a motorbike,…

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What Now for China’s Afghanistan Strategy?

The events following Mullah Omar’s death represent a setback for Chinese policy in Afghanistan. The indefinite postponement of reconciliation talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, the bloody series…

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India-Pakistan: hyphenated

By MUNIR AKRAM The Pakistan army chief’s speech on Sept 6, Defence Day, highlighted the security threats which Pakistan continues to face from India 50 years after the 1965 war.…

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Pakistan’s Four Pronged Peace Formula for India

The tensions between Pakistan and India are rising at an alarming rate. The main reasons contributing towards this are mainly the ceasefire violations by India across the Line of Control…

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Afghan Army Now Ready – to Lose to the Taliban

One need not be prophetic to sense a bad outcome for the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Almost nothing has gone by plan since the Bush administration joined forces with the…

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