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Does Trump Have a Strategy in Afghanistan? What is it?
A 2017 Eurasia Review analysis by Shanthie Mariet D’Souza of Trump’s Afghanistan strategy, reposted with Major Agha H Amin’s bolded rebuttals, which argue that the strategy is precise and finally…
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Direct Participants Remember the 1977 Zia Coup
Major Agha H Amin’s collected recollections from retired officers who took part in or observed General Zia’s July 1977 coup, including Brigadier Warraich’s account of being taken into confidence only…
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They’ll protest more the more they are wrong
Commenting on a video concluding that civilisation came from India, the author likens its confident style to Creationist speakers, says provisional citations are presented as refutation, and expects forthcoming ancient…
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Chuang-tzu or Zhuangzi, it’s a laughing matter [review]
Reviewing Brian Bruya’s translation of Zhuangzi: The Way of Nature, illustrated by CC Tsai, the author says the comic-book illustrations, more than the translation, capture the playful Taoist philosophy of…
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Untitled, 28 July 2019
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Episode 59: Suhag Shukla of the HAF
A Brown Pundits podcast conversation with Suhag Shukla of the Hindu American Foundation, after which the host suspects the HAF is a less political Hindu variant of AIPAC whose international-affairs…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open Thread, 27 July 2019: a general thread for any topic.
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Why did Bhutto Select Zia as Chief
An extract from Major Agha Amin’s 2001 interview with Major General Nuk Babar on why Zulfikar Ali Bhutto chose Zia as army chief, citing his feigned humility, flattery and displays…
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Book Review: Descent into Chaos
Major A. H. Amin’s 2008 review of Ahmed Rashid’s Descent into Chaos argues the book is acceptable to the West because it fits western perceptions, and lists what he sees…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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