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20 January 2016

Forever frenemies

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Sameer Patil, Fellow, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism Studies, was quoted by Benar News in an article on India-Pakistan relations in the aftermath of the terror attacks on Pathankot, Punjab.

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20 January 2016

A new fault line in Nigeria

BY Kunle Ajagbe

A recent confrontation between the Nigerian army and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria has rekindled the state’s tensions with its Shia citizenry. However, Nigeria should pay heed to its own contemporary history of the armed crackdown on an obscure religion sect that led to the birth of Boko Haram, and exercise caution while dealing with minority groups.

Interviews
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14 January 2016

U.S.-Iran: overcoming brief setbacks?

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Former United States Ambassador Frank Wisner talks to Gateway House about the progress of U.S.-Iran relations in the aftermath of the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, including the U.S. response to Iran’s testing of a missile. He also discusses the U.S. perspective on India’s prospective APEC membership.

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13 January 2016

Ramifications of Saudi mass execution

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By executing an influential Shia cleric among 47 other prisoners, Saudi Arabia has increased the possibility of prolonging conflict in West Asia. The country’s actions have stirred up its differences with Iran, thereby diminishing the possibility of finding political solutions to the civil wars in Syria and Yemen.