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How It Played Abroad: Asia Society's Asia 21 Leaders React to the 'Foreign Policy' Debate
After Barack Obama and Mitt Romney sounded off on foreign policy, Asia Society gets reactions from its network of Asia 21 Young Leaders in China, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
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Pakistan FM Khar 'Embarrassed' By Riots, But Calls for Understanding
"We do not condone violence," Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said Thursday at Asia Society in New York. "That is not what Islam teaches us."
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What Americans Don't Know About the World
The non-profit organization World Savvy released new research on what American graduates know about the world. It reveals a troubling gap between important world events and trends, and what a rising generation does not know.
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After Afghanistan, How Should the US Approach South Asia Strategy?
Asia Society's new Bernard Schwartz Fellow, Alexander Evans, discusses a new Asia Society project that examines U.S. policy in South Asia after the 2014 drawdown in Afghanistan.
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Photo of the Day: Veiled with Tenderness in Afghanistan
A partially-veiled girl holds a little child close to her side in Afghanistan on June 27, 2012. (james_gordon_losangeles/Flickr)
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The United States and South Asia After Afghanistan
A new report by Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Fellow Alexander Evans considers how to achieve an integrated U.S. South Asia policy in a global context after the 2014 military drawdown in Afghanistan
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Dan Rather: Advice to President Obama on Afghanistan
The veteran newsman shares his thoughts on Afghanistan, a country he has covered since the late 1970s.
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Watch: Dan Rather's Advice to President Obama on Afghanistan
"There's no understanding Afghanistan unless you understand that in Afghanistan they are about hospitality, loyalty, and revenge," the veteran newsman told Asia Society in an exclusive interview.
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Slideshow: What's On the Ramadan Iftar Menu in Asia?
During the Islamic month of Ramadan, Muslims break the fast with Iftar, an evening meal taken after sunset. We take a look at some of the dishes typically served in different parts of Asia.
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Asia Society's Young Afghan Leaders Take Position on Afghanistan's Future
A non‐partisan and non‐political group of young Afghans resolves to give ordinary Afghans a voice at a major international conference on the country's future.
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