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| China's Role in Central Asia |
| Subject:Checkmate in the West and Central Asia |
Issue No:Vol 13 No. 3, Autumn 2009 |
After resolving longstanding border disputes with successor states of the Soviet Union, China has established a strategic partnership with the Russian |
| Author:Srikanth Kondapalli |
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| Obama's "Pak-Af" |
| Subject:Checkmate in the West and Central Asia |
Issue No:Vol 13 No. 3, Autumn 2009 |
It is now increasingly recognised that Washington’s AfPak strategy as enunciated in March earlier this year is riddled with contradictions and entails a policy |
| Author:Zorawar Daulet Singh |
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| Blackwater Selling Security Buying Death |
| Subject:Checkmate in the West and Central Asia |
Issue No:Vol 13 No. 3, Autumn 2009 |
The growing disorder catalysed by neo-liberal globalisation has led to the adoption of international security policies, increasingly reliant on private contractors (PMSCs) selling military services domestically and abroad. Anupam Si |
| Author:Anupam Siddhartha and Bharat Joshi |
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| When is a War not a War |
| Subject:Checkmate in the West and Central Asia |
Issue No:Vol 13 No. 3, Autumn 2009 |
Todd Keister contends that the current situation in Iraq is no longer one of war, which the US an |
| Author:Todd Keister |
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| The Three Gulf Wars |
| Subject:Checkmate in the West and Central Asia |
Issue No:Vol 13 No. 3, Autumn 2009 |
Critics and supporters of the latest invasion of Iraq often misplace it in its historical context. An analysis of all three Gulf Wars reveals that t |
| Author:Soren Scholvin |
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| Revisiting the Jewish State |
| Subject:Checkmate in the West and Central Asia |
Issue No:Vol 13 No. 3, Autumn 2009 |
Israel is faced with many of the problems it encountere |
| Author:Prithvi Ram Mudiam |
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