Brief: Complications in South Asia

China, Pakistan and India are all maneuvering as the U.S. leaves Afghanistan.

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Background: Despite what a map may say, there are large swaths of land throughout South and Central Asia where no one is fully in charge. And as the ongoing departure from Afghanistan shows, even the U.S. has basically stopped trying to control it. Still, several powers have core interests throughout the region, and they are […]

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