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Car Chases and a Rowdy Early Overland Auto Race

A 1907 automobile race from Beijing to Paris stretched the limits of what was possible with the technology of the era. The winning car took two months to complete the journey, traveling roads that wer

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Tajikistan Expands Crackdown On Head Scarves, Beards In New Push For 'National Culture'

Many Tajiks say decisions about clothing, appearance, and faith have become intertwined with official expectations.

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Iran Deal Must Put Iranians At The Center, Policy Analyst Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau Says

As tensions between the US and Iran intensifies, with renewed military strikes and growing arguments around the Strait of Hormuz, global attention has focused on regional security, commercial shipping

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Wider Europe Briefing: The EU's 'Super Tuesday'

In this week's briefing, Rikard Jozwiak focuses on the EU enlargement “Super Tuesday” and Ukrainian civil detainees held by Russia.

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Afghans Under Pressure Again In New Pakistani Deportation Drive

Thousands of Afghan families, fearing an uncertain future, have begun pouring into Afghanistan amid a fresh push from Pakistan against what officials describe a “crackdown" on undocumented aliens.

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EU Reverses Course, Not Expected To Sanction Russian Orthodox Church Leader, Lukoil Chief

The European Union will not impose sanctions on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and the chief of Russia’s largest private oil company, after Bulgaria vetoed the proposal.

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Post-Soviet Nations and NATO

From The Russo-Ukraine War: The Return of History, by Serhii Plokhy (W. W. Norton, 2023), Kindle pp. 82-84:As far as Russia was concerned, the victory of the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine was a ma

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US Expands Pressure Campaign With New Sanctions On Iran's Financial Networks

The United States imposed sweeping new sanctions targeting an Iranian businessman accused of managing a global financial network for Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and several exchange houses that Wa

Central Asia

Car Chases and a Rowdy Early Overland Auto Race

Tajikistan Expands Crackdown On Head Scarves, Beards In New Push For 'National Culture'

Iran Deal Must Put Iranians At The Center, Policy Analyst Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau Says

Wider Europe Briefing: The EU's 'Super Tuesday'

Afghans Under Pressure Again In New Pakistani Deportation Drive

EU Reverses Course, Not Expected To Sanction Russian Orthodox Church Leader, Lukoil Chief

Post-Soviet Nations and NATO

US Expands Pressure Campaign With New Sanctions On Iran's Financial Networks