opinion
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Chinese and Soviet reform in the 1980s
Dr Naazir Mahmood
In the meantime, in the Soviet Union, Brezhnev died in 1982 and was replaced by another old man and the head of the KGB, the Soviet intelligence agency, Yuri Andropov who himself died within 15...
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Palpable despondency
Waqar Masood Khan
The signs of economic stability have strengthened. The most pressing challenge of current account deficit , with implications for the country’s viability, is firmly in control.Even if due to...
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Nato lives on
M Saeed Khalid
We are fast approaching the day when Donald Trump’s name will be added to the list of American presidents who had to face impeachment.On balance, the Democrats’ effort to remove Trump from...
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The real issue
Malik Muhammad Ashraf
The right of the people to self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international law. The concept evolved as a by-product of the doctrine of nationalism. It found expression in the...
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Envisioning a united world
Robert Koehler
These are places we would bomb: Guatemala, Indonesia, Cuba, Congo, Vietnam, Cambodia, Grenada, Libya, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Iran, Panama, Iraq, Kuwait, Somalia, Bosnia, Sudan, Afghanistan,...
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Suu Kyi at the ICJ
Binoy Kampmark
Leaders currently in office rarely make an appearance before either the International Court of Justice or the International Criminal Court. International law remains affixed to the notion that...