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The problem with limited wars

David Ignatius :What happens when an American plan for limited war against the Islamic State meets the savage reality of combat, as happened this week...

The Indian Ocean bloc

Dr N Janardhan :FROM 19th-20th century geo-strategist Alfred Mahan to contemporary analyst Robert Kaplan – both Americans – and many others in between, scholars have...

Making jute-bag packaging mandatory

ACCORDING to a local English daily, shopkeepers, traders and manufacturers are continuing the usage of polythene bags disregarding the law while the Textile and Jute...

Readers’ Forum

National interest matters most The US arms embargo on once diehard enemy country Vietnam has been lifted, which has angered the East Asian country’s liberation...

Blame the Britishers

Jonathan Power :When 17 years ago the British lowered the Union Jack on their last remaining important colony, Hong Kong, Chris Patten, the governor, buried...

A question of leadership

Michael Gerson :Disloyal or not, former defense secretary Leon Panetta has delivered a root-and-branch critique of President Obama’s approach to the Middle East.In his new...

Readers’ Forum

Nobel Peace Prize for Malala Pakistan child education activist Mala Yousafjai and an Indian child rights campaigner have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize 2014....