The Making of a City..

In November 2006 the movie Borat, Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation...

November 26, 2017AGA Admin

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Reform and Revolution in ..

The October Revolution ushered in an intense period of debate regarding autonomy in Turkestan complicated...

November 12, 2017AGA Admin

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All Stick and No Carrot: ..

On 13 October, 2017, President Trump unfurled his government’s policy towards Iran; decertifying Iran’s compliance...

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Encounters in the ‘Shat..

For a few kopecks she was willing to swing a smoking bowl of herbs before...

October 29, 2017AGA Admin

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Centering Borders..

In an interesting essay named “Travels in the Margins of the State, Everyday Journeys in...

October 15, 2017AGA Admin

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Mosul and the Islamic Sta..

The Mosul Encounter The Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi reached Mosul on 9 July 2017...

October 07, 2017AGA Admin

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A Troubled Future Awaits ..

While President Trump seems to be bent on unravelling JCPOA, his predecessor’s ‘foreign policy legacy,’...

September 27, 2017AGA Admin

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A Catch-22 Situation..

  We …….. express concern on the security situation in the region and violence caused...

September 20, 2017AGA Admin

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Does BRICS Matter?..

BRICS emerged from a market driven intellectual inspiration to bring together a group of states...

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Enclaved..

The Ferghana valley straddles three states Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan with intermixed populations and unmatched...

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The Unsolved Question..

  The Kurdish referendum in Iraq scheduled exactly a month from today on 25 September...

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Rekindling the Bi-nationa..

The bi-national idea, an intensely contested one, is not new to the region nor is...

August 20, 2017Admin2

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Rationalizing the Unrestr..

For those of us who are engaged in what is known as ‘area studies’ both...

August 13, 2017Admin2

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Looking Back: Reading the..

  The Arab uprisings, which began with the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi in Tunisia in...

August 05, 2017AGA Admin

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Rhetoric, Symbolism and G..

Rhetoric remains one of the most interesting and debated aspect of political communication and in...

July 30, 2017AGA Admin

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