The drone strike against Mansour seems ill-advised—at least if the purpose was to weaken the Taliban militarily, and to protect US soldiers in Afghanistan and their local Afghan allies.
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Already this week, Japan and South Korea have imposed new sanctions, while the United States has now passed “secondary sanctions” legislation, potentially targeting third parties such as Chinese firms doing business with North Korea.
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Pakistan today faces a fundamental choice on whether or not it will continue to pursue its illogical counterterrorism policies, which have largely backfired and now threaten key institutions of the state.
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After nearly eight years of relative tranquility in the Taiwan Strait, voters on January 16th elected the country’s first female president, giving the pro-Taiwan DPP control of parliament for the first time ever.
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Visaka Dharmadasa, Founder and Chair of the Association of War Affected Women, speaks about Sri Lanka’s political transition and the role of women in building peace in the country.
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The poll is also important in furthering the process of national reconciliation between the government and the many armed groups in the country. Though some of these groups signed a ceasefire agreement with the government of President Thein Sein in October, the majority wanted to wait and see how the next government would handle the peace process.
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The new Taliban front in the north is a disaster for the “national unity government” in Kabul, which reached its first year anniversary the week that Kunduz fell.
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The most significant outcome of the summit is the emergence of unity among armed groups on the general principle that a nationwide ceasefire cannot happen if some groups are left out to defend themselves.
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Abe has already forced a number of security bills through the lower house of the Diet, which has so far caused considerable anger in China, where state-run media called it a “nightmare scenario.”
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Former US State Department China official Thomas J. Christensen outlines a vision of cooperation and mutual growth for Beijing and Washington.
