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  • Western Officials Ignored Myanmar’s Warning Signs of Genocide0

    A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Oct. 9, 2017. (Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images) FEATURE U.S. and U.N. diplomats overlooked atrocity amid hopes of democracy. BY JUSTIN LYNCH AUGUST 30, 2018, 12:36 PM One year ago, on Aug. 30, 2017, Myanmar’s military began

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  • Washington Warns of Sanctioning India Over Russian Missile System0

    The world’s two largest democracies have a burgeoning defense relationship. Moscow could play spoiler. BY LARA SELIGMAN  | AUGUST 29, 2018 A Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system is displayed at the exposition field in Kubinka’s Patriot Park outside Moscow on Aug. 22, 2017. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images) The United States is refusing to rule out sanctions on India—a

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  • America Needs the Muhammad Ali Doctrine0

    When in doubt, Washington’s foreign-policy strategy should be to rope-a-dope. BY STEPHEN M. WALT  | AUGUST 24, 2018 Sonny Liston lies out for the count after being KO’d in the first round of his return title fight by world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, Lewiston, Maine, May 25, 1965. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) It’s tempting to spend all one’s

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  • The Belt and Road Bubble Is Starting to Burst0

    China’s hasty international investments are beginning to drag down its own economy. By David G. Landry June 27, 2018 China’s President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 4, 2015. (LINTAO ZHANG/AFP/Getty Images) In a sense, the Sicomines resources-for-infrastructure

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  • Children Are Paying the Price for Afghanistan’s Endless War0

    As schools become targets, young Afghans are living and working on the streets — and the government isn’t doing much to protect them. By Preethi Nallu | June 27, 2018 Children working as street hawkers at a bazaar in western Kabul say their biggest fears are “terrorist attacks” where they work and kidnappings. (Preethi Nallu/Samuel

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  • The Rohingya Have Fled One Crisis for Another0

    As the monsoon season looms, hundreds of thousands of refugees are living in overcrowded Bangladeshi refugee camps at risk of an imminent cholera outbreak. By Sophie Cousins*  May 15, 2018 Rohingya refugees in Balukhali camp on January 13, 2018 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images) KUTUPALONG-BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh — Lukia fled Myanmar with

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  • Russia and Taliban deny US claims of working together0

    25 March 2018 Media captionGen John Nicholson: “We know that the Russians are involved” Russia and the Taliban have separately rejected comments made by the head of US forces in Afghanistan that Moscow has been supporting, and even supplying weapons to, the insurgent group. Gen John Nicholson told the BBC last week he had seen

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  • Hasan Minhaj; For defining the narrative of a “New Brown America”0

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    • February 11, 2018

    BY BENJAMIN SOLOWAY Hasan Minhaj in New York on Nov. 27. (Jesse Dittmar for Foreign Policy) HASAN MINHAJ, COMEDIAN,  32, UNITED STATES NOTABLE FACT: During an event in Sacremento at which writer Wajahat Ali was a panelist, Minhaj’s father pulled Ali aside and asked him to help convince Minhaj to give up comedy and attend law school. It

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  • Newton’s Last Discovery; Bollywood’s dark hit comedy features a bureaucrat lost in India’s political jungles.0

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    • February 10, 2018

    BY SUPRIYA NAIR  Rajkummar Rao stars as the title character in “Newton.” (Courtesy Drishyam Films) This year, India sent a war movie to the Academy Awards, though the prize jury may not have realized it. On its surface, the small-budget sleeper hit Newton is a wry, tightly wound comedy about the absurdities of Indian democracy. It may seem

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  • Why Is China Buying Up Europe’s Ports?0

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    • February 2, 2018

    State-owned port operators are the aggressive leading edge of Beijing’s massive Belt and Road project. By Keith Johnson | February 2, 2018 The Greek port of Piraeus on Jan. 31, 2015. (Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images) China’s trillion-dollar signature foreign-policy project, the Belt and Road Initiative, is often lampooned as just a fuzzy concept with little to

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  • Tehran Is Winning the War for Control of the Middle East0

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    • November 22, 2017

    And there’s no indication that, despite Mohammed bin Salman’s bold moves, Saudi Arabia stands a chance of turning the tide. By Jonathan Spyer | November 21, 2017 Then-Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the G-20 opening ceremony in Hangzhou, China on Sep. 4, 2016. (Nicolas Asfouri/Pool/Getty Images) Saudi Arabia appears to be on a

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  • The Nobel Peace Prize Isn’t About Peace0

    At some point in its history, the Nobel Peace Prize became a lifetime achievement award for human rights — and betrayed its founder’s intentions. By Richard Evans October 2, 2017 The Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi used to be regarded as a kind of secular saint. Leader of the largest democratic political party in

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  • The Rohingya Are the New Palestinians0

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    • September 27, 2017

    The plight of the Rohingya is a rare moment of global unity for Muslim countries. But will that be enough to save them?   The systematic persecution of Palestinians has long occupied a place in the consciousness of the ummah, the global community of Muslims. Muslims worldwide have watched for decades as Palestinians have been

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  • Can Modi Turn India From a ‘True Friend’ to the U.S. to a Friend Forever?0

    In Washington, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is out to answer to one question: “Is India the lynchpin of America’s strategic pivot to the east, or is it merely a helpful acquaintance?” That’s how Milan Vaishnav of Carnegie Endowment described the visit on the BBC World Service, echoing many, including, in a certain sense Modi

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