It is no great secret that the most extreme madrassas of Pakistan and Afghanistan mark the front line of the battle against radicalization of young Muslims and the potential to stem the flow of ready recruits for the insurgent groups. A recent development though is an increase in the thousands o
12.23.2009 | Afghanistan, Asia, Editorials, Middle East, Pakistan | Stuart Ford
The Obama Administration has invested heavily in the Afghanistan conflict. There is also the specter of Iran in the same general conflict area. Having failed to play any significant role to date in the oil contract windfalls in a post-Hussein Iraq, one would have hoped that the US regional prese
12.10.2009 | Asia, Iran, Middle East | Stuart Ford
It is worth repeating that beyond the strident headlines, there are structural economic drivers of societal and governmental change in Central Asia, including Pakistan, Afghanistan and India. It is a region with a history of almost constant conflict – an area shaped by the crucible of war an
07.1.2009 | Afghanistan, Asia, Pakistan | Clarity Staff Reporter
The US economy has fallen so far and fast that many investors have nose bleeds. However, there are emerging economies, that the US could do a much better job of befriending and leveraging the mutual benefit trade opportunities inherent in such relationships. For example, the US has taken its eye off
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