Brian Knowlton
The Pentagon office with responsibilities for assisting US military and civilian overseas voters is issuing a new ballot-request form that requires civilian voters to make an all-or-none declaration either that they plan to return to the United States or have no intent of ever doing so.
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Musa Khan Jalalzai
The long awaited strategic partnership agreement between the United States and Afghanistan signed in May 2012 sparked a reaction in neighbouring states like Pakistan and China, demanding the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan. Continue reading
By Saeed Qureshi
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One shudders to learn that 61 % American adults are obese or overweight. Overweight is a malady that is less injurious than the obesity which when exceeds the BMI of 30, can cause premature death. Obese people run 50-100 % increased risk of premature death than the normal humans. Continue reading
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Flashpoint
Hope and change powered Barack Obama to the White House four years ago, but can he play the same gambit twice?
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Floyd Whaley
With a standoff between Philippine and Chinese ships under way in a disputed corner of the South China Sea, senior leaders from the United States and the Philippines have reaffirmed their longstanding commitment to mutual defence.
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By Waheed Hussain
The entire Afghanistan peace process is hanging between the optimism and pessimism!
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by Chris Woods
A major case in the British High Court has revealed fresh evidence of civilian deaths during a notorious CIA drone strike in Pakistan last year.
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Ian Bremmer
Over the next few months, the Obama and Romney campaigns will occasionally set aside discussion of the country’s most pressing domestic issues — the ethical treatment of dogs, the virtues of motherhood, and the tantrums of Ted Nugent — to take on the foreign policy issues of the day.
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Stapleton Roy
If President Obama is reelected this fall, his relationship with Xi Jinping will be a key factor in how relations between China and the United States develop. Unless China and the United States can find ways to block the current drift toward strategic rivalry, tensions will rise. This will make it more difficult to preserve the climate of peace and prosperity that has made East Asia such a dramatic success story.
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By Hassan Bin Talal
Early this year, the Pentagon’s strategic review signalled a shift in priorities for US foreign policy, suggesting that more attention would be paid to the Asia-Pacific region. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of this as a “pivot” towards Asia, signalling what for many analysts and ordinary Americans has been a long-overdue transition away from Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East in general.
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