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Video: Election Ushers in 'New Model' of Democracy for Pakistan
Asia Society Senior Advisor Hassan Abbas tells CNN that although Nawaz Sharif won the prime ministership for the third time in his career, the election showed progress in Pakistan's democratic system.
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Beneath Everest: Nepal Reborn
Tulsi Bhandari discusses Beneath Everest: Nepal Reborn, his documentary about the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, human rights violations and the Nepalis' struggle for survival.
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Beneath Everest: Nepal Reborn
Tulsi Bhandari discusses Beneath Everest: Nepal Reborn, his documentary about the Maoist insurgency in Nepal, human rights violations and the Nepalis' struggle for survival.
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Lessons and Challenges for Pakistan
Pakistan is learning the hard way that religious extremists of all stripes are bad for the country.
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Warlord’s Violence Threatens Philippine Democracy
Analysis of a pre-election massacre in the southern Philippines.
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Warlord’s Violence Threatens Philippine Democracy
Analysis of a pre-election massacre in the southern Philippines.
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Tearing Apart the Land: Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand
Duncan McCargo discusses Tearing Apart the Land, winner of the 2009 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award.
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Tearing Apart the Land: Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand
Duncan McCargo discusses Tearing Apart the Land, winner of the 2009 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award.
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In Afghanistan, Karzai Gets a Second Term
In pictures: in a tense Kabul, Hamid Karzai is declared president of Afghanistan as his rival withdraws.
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Pakistan Under Stress
A look at Pakistan's growing radicalism and deteriorating education system.
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Deciphering the Attack on Pakistan’s Army Headquarters
Bernard Schwartz Fellow Hassan Abbas on the recent attack on Pakistan's most secure military complex.
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