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Pakistan: The War in the Middle East

Deepti Bista - October 4, 2024. Published in The Express Tribune

As a larger war looms and WWIII gets talked of it defines the leadership that must emerge in the upcoming US elections.

France: The US and the Ghosts of Guantanamo

Lalatendu Das - August 5, 2024. Published in Le Monde

More than 20 years after its opening in January 2002, the U.S. still isn't done with the military prison at Guantanamo.

Tanzania: Zawahri Eliminated but No End to War on Terror Yet

Lalatendu Das - August 10, 2022. Published in The Citizen

The Taliban rulers in Afghanistan have reacted angrily to al-Zawahiri’s killing, describing it as a violation of the Doha Agreement.

U.K.: Guantanamo 20 Years on: American Values Overseas

Robin Koerner - January 26, 2022. Published in Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Germany: The US Should Avoid Making the Same Mistakes

Robin Koerner - December 27, 2021. Published in Frankfurter Rundschau

China: Penalty, Not Apology, Demanded for US Troops Involved in Kabul Drone Strike

Lalatendu Das - September 19, 2021. Published in Global Times

It exposes the rogue practice of the U.S. military lying for political purposes.

U.A.E.: 20 Years in the Maze

Robin Koerner - September 18, 2021. Published in Al-Khaleej

America is not the America of 20 years ago ... This time has come to an end.

Tanzania: Has the World Learned Anything 20 Years after 9/11?

Lalatendu Das - September 17, 2021. Published in The Citizen

The world cannot win the 'war on terror' while turning a blind eye to the totalitarian values that inspire the movement.

India: Late Confession

Lalatendu Das - September 17, 2021. Published in The Telegraph

China, Russia and Pakistan have emerged as a triumvirate to influence developments in Afghanistan, forcing the U.S. to look for other shoulders to fire from.

China: Being a Staging Post for US Strikes against Afghanistan Is a Bad Choice for India

Lalatendu Das - September 17, 2021. Published in Global Times

New Delhi will not recognize the quasi-alliance relations with the U.S. in diplomacy. It will not sign a treaty of alliance like Japan, Australia and the U.K. have done.

France: 9/11: Lessons for America

Robin Koerner - September 16, 2021. Published in Le Monde

The attacks [...] changed the United States. Its reaction changed the world.

U.A.E.: The Middle East Is in Danger if the US Does Not Learn from the War on Terror

Lalatendu Das - September 16, 2021. Published in The National

Twenty years on from 9/11, the legacy of the attack still plays a huge role in the life of the region.

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