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Published in: openIndiaIndian farmers trapped and desperate
A wave of suicides has swept through the Indian farming community in recent years as, driven into heavy debt by...
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Published in: HomeGenocide of the Pakistani Hazara: where does the responsibility lie?
The targeted killing of Pakistan's Shia Hazara minority continues. The Pakistani government remains inactive....
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Published in: openSecurityجنگ بر سر واژه ها: آزادی بیان بعد از خروج نیروهای آمریکایی از افغانستان
نویسندگان و خبرنگاران افغان با وخیم تر شدن وضعیت روبرو هستند. بعضی بر این باوراند که ممکن است دستآورد های آزادی بیان...
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Published in: openSecurityWar for words: freedom of speech after America leaves
Afghan writers and reporters face a worsening situation. Some fear that the gains made for freedom of speech will...
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Published in: HomePakistan’s existential crisis
With sectarian tensions, weak institutions and yet another political crisis possibly in the making, the situation in...
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Published in: openSecurityStudent remembrance triggers Tamil rebirth
Strong geostrategic interests in the Indian Ocean may tacitly have condemned the Tamils of Sri Lanka to death on a...
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Published in: openSecurityA tribunal exposed: leaked correspondence suggests a "disturbing pattern" that risks a miscarriage of justice
The domestic tribunal created to end the culture of impunity following the 1971 independence war continues to lose...
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Published in: openSecurityBreaking the vicious circle - reconciliation in OSCE areas
Work must be done to overcome divides even many decades after official agreements to end violence have been signed....
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Published in: oDRTalking point: the logic of Russian foreign policy
What factors drive foreign policy in Russia? Who drives it? And in whose interests - the elites or ordinary people?...
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Published in: openSecurityTalking to the other side: humanitarian engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan
Aid agency engagement with the Taliban will be critical to ensuring they can still operate after 2014. Research...
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Published in: Shine A Light'Sending people back to be killed': Today's London to Colombo flight of failed refugees
Mass expulsions from Britain to Sri Lanka of 'failed' asylum seekers are increasing in frequency despite public controversy.
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Published in: HomeThe geopolitics of drug trafficking in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, opium is not clandestinely traded on some back alley black market. Opium is the market.
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Published in: openSecurityInternational engagement in post-conflict Sri Lanka: lessons from the supposedly “powerless” women of the north
With a recent internal UN report criticizing its operations in the Sri Lankan civil war, international aid groups...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom transitional justice mechanism to monumental revenge: the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal sinks to new lows
The Bangladeshi International War Crimes Tribunal quickly became a stage for political interference and...
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Published in: openSecurityOut of nowhere? The Taliban and Malala
Amidst calls for justice through the barrel of a gun and hopes Pakistan's army will break ties with the TTP, does an...
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Published in: openSecurityMilitary, Militants and Mandarins: prospects for trade and peace between two nuclear powers
Small but promising steps towards normalisation between India and Pakistan have implications beyond their bilateral...
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Published in: HomeSri Lanka, many shades of accountability
A long-awaited review on the conduct of United Nations agencies during the last stages of the war in Sri Lanka is...
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Published in: openSecurityMalala's Pakistan: recognising the internal threat
The shooting of Malala Yousufzai, and the public outcry in response to it, has been called a turning point for...
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Published in: HomeUS's last chance in Afghanistan: reconciliation with the Pashtuns
The west's campaign in Afghanistan is simply out of date. If there is any hope in a positive outcome, then a...
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Published in: openSecurityPakistan’s disappearing Hindus
The political system works against minorities in Pakistan, dovetailing wealth, power, and sectarianism. While...