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"How To Run The World" By Parag Khanna | NPR

April 16, 2012

In “How to Run the World,” geo-political expert and economist Parag Khanna explores complex questions about how the world can deal with a changed global landscape in a more effective way. According to Khanna, 21st century diplomacy is beginning to ...

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Bahrain Hosts Iiss Geo-Economics And Strategy Seminar | Groundreport

April 2, 2012

In the first session, Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation, argued that policy-makers need to understand the complexity of risk in the modern world, saying that: “The paradox of the twenty-first century economy is that while it ...

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A Whiff Of Grapeshot At The Frontline Club | The Friday Times

March 15, 2012

Of the four panel guests Dr Farzana Shaikh of Chatham House who was to sit next to Anatol Lieven had the air of someone who knew she was just about to occupy a virtual world. She is a veteran of think-tank panels - and a good journalist - but there was ...

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What Does Iran Want? | Local 10

February 29, 2012

"When it comes to Iran, you always have to differentiate between what is bluster and what is real," Afshin Molavi, an Iran analyst with the New America Foundation, told CNN. The threats to close and mine the Strait of Hormuz, through which a high ...

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The Flayed Province | The Express Tribune

February 24, 2012

By Amina Jilani There is a rather telling sentence early in Anatol Lieven's book, Pakistan: A Hard Country, by now familiar with most of those who comment on the state of this nation. In discussing the fact that Pakistan is not a truly failed, ...

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Karachi Festival Shows Pakistan's Booming Literary World | The Daily Beast

February 23, 2012

This was in evidence at Anatol Lieven's panel discussion, the historian and policy analyst who released Pakistan: A Hard Country last year. Assuming the manner of a presidential debate, Lieven was thoroughly grilled by military analyst Ayesha Siddiqa ...

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The Age Of The Angry Young Man | Stuff.Co.Nz

February 22, 2012

But women are less likely to mind than men, the New America Foundation thinker postulates. Men, promised so much, used to much more, are more likely to feel massively ripped off. Hence the age of the Angry Young Man. Molavi makes a compelling argument, ...

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Iran's Threats To Cuts To Oil Exports Raising Gas Prices | CNN

February 21, 2012

France buys only a modest amount," said Afshin Molavi, of the New America Foundation. "The reason oil prices spike is because there's so little spare capacity in global markets right now that oil prices spike on the smallest headlines.

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Pakistan Nato Dispute 'Will Not Disrupt Security Co-Operation With Britain For ... | The Telegraph (U.K.)

February 20, 2012

Anatol Lieven, the author of Pakistan: A Hard Country, said London's ties to Pakistan were so dominated by the Islamic terrorism threat that Whitehall had to be independent from America. “Because of the diaspora and the radicalised bit of that diaspora ...

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Rover's Diary: Is Pakistan Really A Hard Country? —Babar Ayaz | Pakistan Daily Times

February 20, 2012

Every military dictator has used the corruption bogey to dislodge the political governments in Pakistan Speaking at the third Literary Festival in Karachi held on February 11-12, Anatol Lieven, the author of the recently published book Pakistan: A Hard ...

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