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All counterinsurgencies, it is often said, end with negotiations with the enemy. After nine miserable years of fighting in Afghanistan, the signs are that the war there has entered this final phase.
Israel and Myanmar, two countries with troubled human rights records and disputed histories of dealing with ethnic and national rights, have set a worrisome precedent by giving each other a veto over what students are taught about the other.
Israel's ambassador to the US, former American citizen Michael Oren, (at right) trotted out a classic Zionist strategy when he sent a letter to the New York Times denying that Israel is "interfering" in the American presidential campaign.
Imagine a country where Parliament is padlocked twice in 13 months to frustrate the democratic will of the elected majority. That country is now this country.
Uighurs have been in the news and on and off, but coverage is usually too brief to shed much light.
Nightmarish scenes in the valley of Swat in northern Pakistan - a major tourist attraction
The world usually hears very little about the labours of the legislature that sits uneasily in Kabul.
We live in a time when the geographical boundaries separating the followers of different religions are fast becoming more imaginary than real. The world is a dense network of borderless connections in which cultures, peoples and religions become ever more intertwined. The pressure this creates tests more than our tolerance: it demands that we promote peaceful coexistence and understanding across boundaries.
November 20, 2018
In his provocative Unto This Last, John Ruskin (1819-1900), a social critic of the Victorian age, incited and angered many, influenced Gandhi and wrote influentially on the means and ends of life.
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