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Clinton, Refugees and Neo-Nazis

Clinton argued that Europe could stop the rise of far-right groups if it curbed migration. She is wrong. Immigration is...

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Zalmay Khalilzad: Kingmaker Returns to Make ‘Peace’ with the Taliban

Despite Zalmay Khalilzad's dark and pro-Taliban track record, the US peace envoy is back to lead secret talks with the...

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Afghanistan’s Parliamentary Election: Rise of the Youth

Whatever the results will be at the end of today’s election in Afghanistan, the future seems to be bright. The...

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Afghanistan: a State in Disguise Under Tribal Monocracy

For peace to transpire, the Taliban need to make peace with the Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan (GNCA) leaders who...

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Khalilzad as US Special Envoy for Afghanistan: the Good, the Bad or the Ugly?

The news that former U.S. diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad may come back to Afghanistan as the U.S. special envoy for the country...

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Afghan Ethnopolitics Jeopardizes US National Security

The ruling tribal elites in Afghanistan are masters of demagoguery with a web of influential support to promote their hidden...

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Leadership Council: an Alternative Governance Model for Afghanistan

Apart from corruption and warlordism politicking, the Grand National Coalition of Afghanistan is a reflection of the growing need for...

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Ethno-Nationalism Threatens Afghanistan and the Region

Ethno-nationalism has created various shapes and forms of dogmatic ethno-nationalists in Afghanistan. Some of them, like the Taliban, have embraced...

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Afghanistan’s Transcending Tribal Elites Are Mocking Democracy

The absence of a real democratic milieu in Afghanistan has sustained the vicious cycle of ethnic superiority. Pashtun elites have...

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Identity Politics in Afghanistan: Nation-State or State-Nation?

Afghanistan is home to a large number of ethnic groups, but its four principal tribes are Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and...

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Why is Lula’s Rise and Fall a Wake-Up Call for Brazilian Democracy?

For better or worse, former Brazilian President-turned-Prisoner Lula da Silva will go down in history as one of the most...

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Attacks on Hazara Community Killing Political Efficacy in Afghanistan

The Afghan National Unity Government, whether failing to protect or tacitly, leaves the Hazara community under attack. The international community...

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How to Respond to Syria’s Gas Attack In Ways that Work

A year after a military response, a chemical attack in a Damascus suburb of Douma killed dozens of women and...

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Make America White Again

America's secret sauce has been opening its doors for skilled immigrants from world's troubling countries. President Trump thinks it is...

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Are Allies Ripping off America?

Continued American military presence around the world has drawn vigorous criticism from Trump, who questioned the U.S. security commitment to...

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Trump’s ‘America First’ Will Hurt US Interests

There is nothing wrong about protecting U.S. national interests. But the Trump administration doesn't know what constitutes a U.S. foreign...

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The First Wave of Autocracy

The era of democracy as the dominant ideology has gone. Stable countries with thriving economies and strongmen as rulers --...

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It was Never About the Nukes