September 2020
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Afghan Conundrum
Hamid Hussain examines the September 2020 start of intra-Afghan talks in Qatar, arguing that the Taliban resist a ceasefire to keep their fighters mobilised, and that Pakistan and Iran have…
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The Ambition of the Emirates
The Emissary frames the rise of the Emirates through the old Arab pattern of settled and nomadic peoples, tracing the Gulf Arabs’ roots to Nabatean, South Arabian and Bedouin streams…
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Globalization!
A one-line post by Razib Khan reacting to an image or item, asking what to make of it and noting that it is the 21st century.
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Will the Sikhs Save India?
Omar Ali explains his tweet that Sikhs might restore balance to India: he argues Sikhism is an Indic religion, with Islamicate vocabulary but not Islamic in any strong sense, and…
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Sexual selection by Indian Society and its implications
Nachiketa starts from Darwin’s puzzle of the peacock’s tail to argue that in India sexual selection is a task for the whole family and society, with arranged-marriage middlemen able to…
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Open Thread – 9/26/2020 – Brown Pundits
Open thread of 26 September 2020, opening with mixed feelings about casting Dev Patel as Gawain, compared with objections to white actors in non-European roles, and a reminder to subscribe…
