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Friday, February 06, 2009

The Road to Kabul Runs Through Beijing (and Tehran)

The new Great Game on the Silk Road is already underway. Has Team Obama gotten the memo yet?
Foreign Policy: The Road to Kabul Runs Through Beijing (and Tehran)
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