Beyond 1962 How to Upgrade the Sino-Indian Relationship By Peter Martin
The relationship between China and India will be one of the most important of this century. Their interactions will help to determine the future of globalization, international institutions, and U.S. power. Yet for all of its future significance, the relationship remains stuck in the past.
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Caliphate of Law ISIS' Ground Rules By Andrew F. March and Mara Revkin
Debating whether ISIS is really "Islamic" or is better understood as an exotic apocalyptic death cult does not bring the world closer to understanding how the group governs. Indeed, whatever it believes about the apocalypse, it sees itself as creating a distinctive legal authority.
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Settling Settlements Netanyahu's Real Policies, Before and After the Election By Elliott Abrams and Uri Sadot
The United States and Europe frequently criticized Netanyahu's settlement policy as expanding Israeli presence in the West Bank. Meanwhile, right-wing constituencies in Israel lashed out at Netanyahu for doing the exact opposite. In fact, he was doing both.
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Afghanistan's Female Sons The Tradition of Bacha Posh By Nadia Hashimi
In Afghanistan, there are girls, there are boys, and then there are the bacha posh, a temporary third gender for girls who live as boys. The practice is at least a century old and is used by families of all socioeconomic backgrounds and ethnicities.
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Too Small to Care in Gambia? Banjul's Hidden Human Rights Crisis By Daniel Bekele and Jeffrey Smith
Since the attempted coup in December, six Gambian soldiers, including the three sentenced to death, have been held in solitary confinement and denied contact with family members and proper access to lawyers.
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