Great Game

From Totalitarianism to Turbines: The Unending Struggle for Power in Central Asia

Derek Henry Flood | Posted 06.29.2011

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Derek Henry Flood

The deadly June crisis in southern Kyrgyzstan highlights the extreme fragility in Central Asia's inherently flawed post-independence nation-state structures. However, the five republics are being simultaneously courted by the U.S. military.

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'Obama Does Globalistan'

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil, Geopolitics, Eurasia, Great Game, Economy, Barack Obama, Natural Gas, Pepe Escobar, Obama Does Globalistan, World News
Russ Wellen

Obama "inherits" a Globalistan where teeming masses have discovered, to their grief, that markets do not suppress poverty, unemployment and exploitation.

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Will Barack Obama Think Twice about Afghanistan?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World, War in Afghanistan, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, President Obama, War, Diplomacy, Taliban, Obama Cabinet, Salon, Barack Obama, Gary Kamiya, National Security, Counter-Insurgency, New York Times, Michael Gordon, Afghanistan, Great Game, World News
Stephen C. Rose

If Michael Gordon's New York Times report is indicative, the window for a real debate leading to alternatives to an extended military event in Afghanistan (and Pakistan) is only open a crack.

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The War in Afghanistan Is A No-Win Situation

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islamic Militants, Stephen C. Rose, Police Action, Great Game, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Lbj, Taliban, Security, No-Win, Huffington Post, Barack Obama, War on Terror, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

The situation in Afghanistan weighs more and more heavily on us. I took it up in a Huffington Post piece a while back titled Could Barack Obama Suffer...

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Could Barack Obama Suffer The Fate of LBJ?

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose Oddly, no one has thought to compare the situations of Barack Obama and LBJ, but there are similarities. And, happily, redemptive ...

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