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A substantial amount of opinions and reflections has been made in print and electronic media about the incidents that took place in South Asia during the last two...
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“Let’s get rid of all these things”: Europe and the end of the INF...
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The demise of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, sanctioned in early February by the US and Russia’s announcement that they will suspend their obligations under the pact,...
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Since the turn of the 21st century, the world has refocused its attention on Africa’s attempts to deal with the challenges of national, regional and global security. There...
Will Africa’s Long-Serving Leaders Survive the People-Power Wave?
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The African Potential
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Africa, the second largest continent in terms of area and population has been sitting on the sidelines of the developed and the developing world for over a...
China’s Perception of Central Asia
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Throughout history the Asian continent has been a complex tapestry of competing empires, kingdoms and nomadic people and this has been more pronounced in the region commonly referred...
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