UNPACKING GENDERED REALITIES IN DISPLACEMENT: The status of Syrian refugee women in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq
Economic security emerged as a primary concern and challenge for women across all countries.
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Month: March 2019
After three decades in power Nursultan Nazarbayev relinquishes power as President of Kazakhstan
The last Soviet era ruler in Central Asia, Nazarbayev elevated Kazakhstan’s profile in the international community
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Deconstructing China’s ‘technical hold’ on listing Azhar Masood as global terrorist
The tacit arrangement seems to be that as long as Pakistan based terrorist outfits do not support separatists in China’s Muslim-majority restive Xinjiang and do not disrupt its projects under its flagship CPEC, Beijing would continue to protect them from being censored by the international community.
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Dalai Lama contemplates Chinese gambit after his death
China has said its leaders have the right to approve the Dalai Lama’s successor, as a legacy inherited from China’s emperors.
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UAE employers to continue to recruit from Asia in 2019
IT and health care professionals will continue to be recruited from Asia
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Left out of peace talks, U.S. allies reassess Afghan support
KABUL – At a dinner party in Kabul’s high-security “green zone” in March, a senior European
Protracted Conflict and Local Neutral Arbitration
The view from Muzzafarabad
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Maldives Returns to ‘India First’ policy
In its last year the Modi government can claim its renewed ties with Maldives as a triumph in its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy
‘Chabahar Port Symbol of Iran-India Mutual Cooperation’
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Chabahar Port in southeastern Iran, which is being developed by Indian investors, is a symbol of cooperation between Tehran and New Delhi.
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Iran’s Rouhani signs trade pacts in Iraq to help offset U.S. sanctions
The visit also signals that Tehran still plays a dominant role in Iraqi politics.
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