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Confusion reins as Afghans take next big step
News, Jaswant Singh, Published on 01/12/2013
» Despite some last-minute brinkmanship by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the US and Afghanistan seem to have worked out a bilateral security agreement to govern the 8,000 to 10,000 (mostly US) troops that will remain in Afghanistan from next year. But Afghanistan remains a source of significant uncertainty _ and high anxiety _ in an already unstable region.
Beijing's moves spark new great game
News, Jaswant Singh, Published on 26/09/2013
» Nowadays, many people seem to be more relaxed than ever about nationality, with the internet enabling them to forge close connections with distant cultures and people. But states remain extremely sensitive about their borders' inviolability.
Syria agonies highlight West's decline
News, Jaswant Singh, Published on 29/08/2012
» Syria's agony has generated a variety of unproductive responses: verbal condemnation of the excesses of President Bashar al-Assad's regime; disagreements about the wisdom of armed intervention; and all-around confusion about the possibility of finding a viable long-term solution. Worse, in this sorry state of affairs, the world may be getting a glimpse of a very ugly future.