AUTHOR'S BIO
Ahmed Rashid
Ahmed Rashid's most recent book is Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
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From Great Game to Grand Bargain
Barnett R. Rubin and Ahmed Rashid Series: The Asian Century 2008-11-05Afghanistan has been at war for three decades, and that war is spreading to Pakistan and beyond. A time-out needs to be called so that the players, including President-elect Barack Obama, can negotiate a new bargain for the region.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 14251
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Iran’s Thought Criminals
Ahmed Rashid Series: Human Rights 2007-07-24As in Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia, purveyors of ideas, information, and emotions are the enemy in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Iran, especially if the people espousing such ideas happen to work for a foreign organization. And, thanks to Iran’s example, that trend is proliferating across the Muslim world.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 13084
