Trade relations between India and Pakistan remain hostage to hostility between the two states.
It’s About Time India and Pakistan Prioritized Trade
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Europe & Central Asia
Straight Talk on the U.S. and Ukraine
Given the limits of its power and its own compromised relationship with international law, the U.S. isn’t in a position to do much about Ukraine.
Who Are the People?
In a society in upheaval, just who are “the People”?
The Afghan Drug War after 2014
If costly drug war strategies in Afghanistan have been unsuccessful even with a strong U.S. military presence, they won’t stand a chance after the U.S. withdraws.
Stalin’s Purge Binge
The more party members Stalin killed, the more he thought he had to kill.
Crimea: Just Who’s Encroaching on Whom?
Is Russia’s occupation of Crimea expansionism or a response to NATO squeezing its border?
The Ukraine Crisis: Rebooting Russia?
The case of Sovietologists’ inability to foresee the end of the Soviet Union grows curiouser and curiouser.
Saving Our Blue Future
The human race and our planet need a new water ethic.
A New World Order?
Where exactly is power located on this planet of ours right now?
Behind Karzai’s Stubbornness
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s main demands of the United States command broad support in Afghanistan.