In the Asia-Pacific region, for instance, the share of those who say religion is very important in their daily lives is highest in Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia and Afghanistan; in these countries, more than 90% say religion is very important. Meanwhile, Japan (10%) and..…
Are the U.S.’s over-bloated military-industrial budget and stalled war efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East signs that its global military hegemony is coming to an end? China is emerging as a very real challenge to U.S. economic hegemony and how this plays..…
Consequently, the breakdown for most of the movement of migrants is drawn from Pew Research Center's Global Religion and Migration Database source estimating the breakdown of migrant populations based on global census and survey information. ..…
Nevertheless, Obama gets positive job ratings from CFR members for his handling of several issues, including terrorism (73% approve), Iran (72%), China (69%) and international trade (66%). And a higher percentage of CFR members approve of Obama’s handling of Afghanistan than did so four..…
The public also disapproves of his handling of Syria, Iran, China and Afghanistan by wide margins. ..…
Disapproval of Obama’s handling of specific issues like Afghanistan, China, and immigration has jumped by more than ten percentage points since he started his second term. . ..…
The dilemma facing American policy makers is well summarized in the forthcoming book by Vali Nasr, a former State Department adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although his interest is the Muslim world and not so much the territories of East Asia, Nasr describes China and its foreign..…
Since September 11 and because of Central Asia’s borders with Afghanistan, the big powers—Russia, China, and the US—are showing a renewed interest in the region. ... Yet China appears to be repeating the same policies in Afghanistan, with which it shares a fifty-mile..…
Finally, from Iran in the west to Pakistan in the east, from Central Asian Republics in the north to the regional powers of India, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Russia, Bonn Agreement failed to bind Afghanistan's neighbors into the long-term project of building new, more peaceful..…
The Muslim population of Ethiopia is about as large as that of Afghanistan. China has more Muslims than Syria; Russia is home to more Muslims than Jordan and Libya combined; and Germany has more Muslims than Lebanon. . ..…
New industries manned by Russian workers were also introduced, and the region was linked with Russia through a railway network that for the first time brought the Russian Empire to the borders of Afghanistan, Persia, China, and British India. . ... Then, for more than sixty years, Central..…
TEHRAN - National security advisors from Iran, Russia, China, India and Afghanistan met to discuss ways to solve Daesh Afghanistan. ... KABUL - Second Vice President Sarwar Danish says Afghanistan and China will become connecting point for Europe, Africa and Asia through..…
Poole, speaking at security conference at Georgetown University on Thursday, said rival nations bring array of capabilities to the table, providing deeper challenges to spy agencies that have focused on Islamic terrorist groups in Middle East and in and around Afghanistan since Sept 11, 2001... ..…
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