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A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan

Audio Slideshow: Prize-wining photojournalist Seamus Murphy shares intimate images from Afghanistan.

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Military historian Max Boot cautions against drawing "knee-jerk" parallels between Afghanistan and Vietnam. (3 min., 5 sec.)

Is Afghanistan Another Vietnam?

Experts debate whether the US is fated to rmake the same mistakes it made in Vietnam in present-day Afghanistan.

 
Historian Rann Mitter contrasts the Chinese Nationalists' and Communists' resistance to Japan during WWII on Jan. 12, 2010.

How A Wartime Past Influences Today’s China

A major reassessment of the Nationalists' role in WWII is underway, claims Oxford historian.

 

The Fires Within: Sri Lanka at War

Photojournalist Ron Haviv documents the humanitarian costs of civil war.

 
An Ayurveda mantra inscribed in rocks at Zanskar, India. Photographer unknown.

Math, Science, and Technology in India: From the Ancient to the Recent

A tour de force essay written by Dr. Roddham Narasimha.

 

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Do you think China will surpass the U.S. as the global superpower?
Yes, in the next 10 years
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