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  • Is China Reentering the Great Game?

    Commentary

    By Dong Yu, 2 hours ago

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    China's economic involvement has increased in Afghanistan. Will it be a stabilizing force as the United States withdraws?

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  • Nigeria with Nukes

    World Beat

    By John Feffer, January 3, 2012

    Millions of people have thronged the streets of cities all over the world this last year to protest the influence of money on power--the corruption in Mubarak's Egypt and Ben Ali's Tunisia, the malign effects of Wall Street and other financial institutions, the power elite in Russia.

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  • Two Cold War Milestones

    Op-Ed

    By John Feffer, December 26, 2011

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Czech leader Vaclav Havel, although political opposites, shared some things in common.

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  • Russians United against United Russia

    Commentary

    By Dimitar Indzhov, December 23, 2011

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    Russians are coming out onto the streets to transform their country once again.

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  • The Fading U.S.-Pakistan Alliance

    Commentary

    By Richard Javad Heydarian, December 23, 2011

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    Unless there is a decisive turn in events, Washington might be getting closer to losing a powerful ally in a much-troubled and highly strategic region.

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  • Germany's Social Democrats and the European Crisis

    Column

    By Walden Bello, December 21, 2011

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    Can the Social Democrats shape a more positive vision for Germany's relationship with Europe?

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  • Two Leaders, Two Deaths

    Commentary

    By John Feffer, December 19, 2011

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    North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Czech leader Vaclav Havel occupied the opposite ends of the political continuum.

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