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Illegal Mining: Headache For Afghanistan Government, International And Local Investors – OpEd - EurAsia Review

Monday, February 12, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

Afghanistan’s mining industry is extraordinary important for the country’s economy, setting up thousands of employments and contributing a broadly economic growth but mining can be immensely harmful if it is not regulated properly-as ran a vital range of abuses and disasters around the country. Also with range of harmful mix of poor policies, weaknesses in the institutions, bad governance and corruption which mess up mining industry and result is chaos.

Remembering Gene Sharp, a Pioneer of People Power - Transcend Media Service

Monday, February 12, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

Gene Sharp, who passed away at the age of 90 on Sunday [28 Jan], was not only a key figure in the development of a whole new field of study devoted to helping people realize their own power, he was a key figure in the lives of so many who found inspiration in his work and took it in new directions. It is no exaggeration to say...

Pakistan's calculated policy softens US - The Nation

Thursday, February 8, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

Pakistan’s aggressive policy after President Donald Trump’s aid snub has forced the United States to soften its approach towards Pakistan with Washington conditionally ready to grant concessions, diplomatic sources said.

What’s at Stake for Trump at the Winter Olympics - New Yorker

Thursday, February 8, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

he hardest game at the Olympics won’t be played on the ice rinks, ski slopes, or luge runs in South Korea, where the United States is fielding the largest number of athletes among participating countries. The enduring legacy of the Pyeongchang Games will instead be whether they generate enough momentum...

Hijab Protests Expose Iran’s Core Divide - New Yorker

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

It was the quietest protest Iran has ever witnessed. Vida Movahed, a thirty-one-year-old mother of a toddler, stood atop a large utility box on Tehran’s busy Enghelab Street and removed the hijab head covering that all women are required to wear by law. Her jet-black hair cascaded far down her back. She then tied...

Who’s the Fearless Leader Now? - New Republic

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

The Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone, the world’s most fortified border and of late perhaps its grandest stage for political theater, has been the site of uncommon activity. On January 8, delegations from the North and the South hammered out an agreement at the DMZ’s Joint Security Area allowing...