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April 10, 2012
in Current Affairs, History, Political Science, Religion, Social Science

Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia

April 10, 2012
in Current Affairs, History, Political Science, Religion, Social Science

We’re all used to reading about South Asia in the headlines, but it takes an expert to grasp the complex political, social, and military history of a region that has spent the last thirty-plus years as one of the focal points of U.S. foreign policy. Dilip Hiro, author of more

January 25, 2012
in Current Affairs, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Yale Press Podcast

Yale Press Podcast Episode 28: Trita Parsi on Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran

January 25, 2012
in Current Affairs, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Yale Press Podcast

When President Obama took office in 2009, one of his most notable proclamations was his commitment to a more open foreign policy. During the 2008 presidential debates, then-Senator Obama openly declared the importance that the United States “talk to the Syrians and the Iranians”, remarking that those who think otherwise

July 13, 2011
in Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science

Lost in Afghanistan

July 13, 2011
in Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science

According to Taliban author, Ahmed Rashid, in this morning’s New York Times: “Afghanistan just got more dangerous and unpredictable.” Tim Bird and Alex Marshall’s Afghanistan: How the West Lost Its Way not only chronicles the United States’ longest war but also addresses the questions that have plagued the West since the early years.

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Apocalyptic Realm: Jihadists in South Asia

Yale Press Podcast Episode 28: Trita Parsi on Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran

Lost in Afghanistan