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WHITE FLAGS: ON THE RETURN OF THE AFGHAN TALIBAN AND THE FATE OF AFGHANISTAN
Charles J. Sullivan
Pages: 273-287
Published online: 18 Feb 2021
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CONFLICT IN TIBET: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS
Kunal Mukherjee
Pages: 288-311
Published online: 05 May 2021
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PRO-GOVERNMENT MILITIAS IN IRAQ: A THREAT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND STABILITY
Beston Husen Arif
Pages: 312-326
Published online: 05 May 2021
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HYDRO-POLITICS BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA: THE ‘BRAHMA-HYPOTHESIS’ AND SECURING THE BRAHMAPUTRA
Bhaskar Jyoti Deka
Pages: 327-343
Published online: 05 May 2021
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PHOTO ESSAY: RECLAIMING THE UNIVERSITY – CARTOGRAPHIES OF STUDENT RESISTANCE DURING THE 2019–20 HONG KONG PROTESTS
John Lowe, Hsun-Hui Tseng & Stephan Ortmann
Pages: 344-356
Published online: 12 May 2021
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FROM “LOOK EAST” TO “ACT EAST”: INDIA’S EVOLVING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
Arijit Mazumdar
Pages: 357-374
Published online: 05 May 2021
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THE MALDIVES’ GEOPOLITICAL DILEMMA: INDIA-CHINA RIVALRY, AND ENTRY OF THE USA
Amit Ranjan
Pages: 375-395
Published online: 17 May 2021
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QUESTIONING SUSTAINABILITY: ECONOMIC EXPANSION AND CONTRADICTIONS BEHIND INDIA’S ECO-FRIENDLY TEXTILE POLICY
Faris Al-Fadhat & Shuluh Shasa Nadita
Pages: 396-411
Published online: 05 May 2021
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SMALL STATE SECURITY ENGAGEMENT IN POST-ARAB SPRING MENA: THE CASE OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Matthew Hedges
Pages: 412-425
Published online: 30 Apr 2021
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THE EVENTS OF 1978 IN VIETNAMESE DIPLOMACY: ANALYSES AND LESSONS FOR TODAY’S SMALL-TO-MEDIUM SIZED COUNTRIES
Le Dinh Tinh & Hoang Hai Long
Pages: 426-439
Published online: 05 May 2021
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BOOK REVIEWS: General

Book Review
Blood, Metal and Dust: How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq
Ben Barry. Osprey Publishing, Oxford, 2020. pp. 490. Maps. Illust. Glossary. Bibliog. Notes. Index. Hb. £17.50. ISBN 978-1472831019
Martin Purbrick
Pages: 440-444
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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Countering Insurgencies and Violent Extremism in South and South East Asia
Shanthie Mariet D’Souza (ed). Routledge. Abingdon, 2019. pp. 388. Illust. Notes. Index. Hb. £120.00. ISBN 9780367662493
Ryan Shaffer
Pages: 444-447
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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BOOK REVIEWS: Middle East

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Erdoğan Rising: A Warning to Europe
Hannah Lucinda Smith. William Collins, London, 2019. pp. 416. Maps. Tables. Illust. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £20. ISBN 978-0008308889
John Goulden
Pages: 448-452
Published online: 30 Apr 2021
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The Kurds of Northern Syria: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts
Harriet Allsopp and Wladimir van Wilgenburg. I. B.Tauris, London, 2019. pp. xx + 241. Maps. Bibliog. Index, Pb. £24.99, ISBN 978-1-83860-445-5
Henry Hogger
Pages: 452-454
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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The Circassians of Turkey: War, Violence and Nationalism from the Ottomans to Atatürk
Caner Yelbaşı. I.B. Tauris, London, 2021. p. 264 Illust. Maps. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £28.99. ISBN 978-0755643677
David Logan
Pages: 454-456
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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Iran and Palestine: Past, Present, Future
Seyed Ali Alevi (ed). Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, 2019. pp. xii + 184. Foreword. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Hb. £120. ISBN 978 0 367 22829 3. Pb. £34.99. ISBN 978 0 367 22831 6. Eb. £31.49. ISBN 978 0 429 27707 8
Alan Mackie
Pages: 457-459
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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Saudi Arabia, Vision or Mirage, Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads
David Rundell. Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 2021. pp. 316. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £17.44. ISBN 978-1-8386-0593-3
Caroline Montagu
Pages: 459-462
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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Pride and Power: A History of Modern Iraq
Johan Franzén. Hurst & Co, London, 2020. pp. 542 + xxvii. Map. Illust. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £75. ISBN 9781787383951
Hooky Walker
Pages: 462-465
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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BOOK REVIEWS: Central Asia

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Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes Through Central Asia from Hinterland to Heartland
Caroline Eden. Hardie Grant Quadrille, London, 2020. pp. 309. Illust. Bibliog. Glossary. Index. Hb. £26. ISBN 9781787134829
Sophie Ibbotson
Pages: 466-467
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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Night Letters: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Afghan Islamists Who Changed the World
Chris Sands with Fazelminallah Qazizai. Hurst & Company, London, 2019. pp. 473. Notes. Index. Hb. £30. ISBN 9781787381964.
William J. Layer
Pages: 468-471
Published online: 28 Apr 2021
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BOOK REVIEWS: South Asia

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India: Continuity and Change in the Twenty-first Century
John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey & Trent Brown. Polity Press. Cambridge, 2020. pp. 400. Map. Tables. Figs. Glossary. Notes. Index. Hb. £60. ISBN 9781509539703
T. C. A. Achintya
Pages: 472-475
Published online: 12 May 2021
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Flying Blind: India’s Quest for Global Leadership
Mohamed Zeeshan. Vintage Books, London, 2021. p. xxx + 200. Notes. £19. ISBN 9 7806 7009 4462
Tahir Rahid Bhat
Pages: 475-477
Published online: 12 May 2021
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The History of British Diplomacy in Pakistan
Ian Talbot. Routledge, London, 2020. pp. 260. Figs. Notes. Appendix. Index. Hb. £120. ISBN 9780367536138
William Crawley
Pages: 477-480
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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White as the Shroud: India, Pakistan and War on the Frontiers of Kashmir
Myra MacDonald. Hurst & Company. London, 2020. pp. 224. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £25. ISBN 9781787383982
James Crowden
Pages: 480-483
Published online: 11 May 2021
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Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided
Aanchal Malhotra. Hurst & Co. London, 2019. pp. 393. Maps. Illust. Notes. Hb. £25. ISBN 9781787381209
James Crowden
Pages: 484-487
Published online: 12 May 2021
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A Judge in Madras: Sir Sidney Wadsworth and the Indian Civil Service, 1913–1947
Caroline Keen. C. Hurst and Company, London, 2020. pp. 286. Map. Notes. Index. Hb. £25 ISBN 978 1 78738 324 1
Ravi Kumar Pillai Kandamath
Pages: 487-492
Published online: 10 May 2021
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BOOK REVIEWS: South East Asia

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Hello, Shadowlands: Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia
Patrick Winn. Icon Books. London, 2019. pp. 416 + xxix. Notes. Index. Pb. £9.99. ISBN 978-1-78578-479-8
Christopher Ruane
Pages: 493-494
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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BOOK REVIEWS: East Asia

Book Review
China 1949: Year of Revolution
Graham Hutchings. Bloomsbury Academic, London, 2021. pp. 336. Figs. Maps. Chronology. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £25. ISBN 9780755607334
Kerry Brown
Pages: 495-497
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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Prisoners of the Empire: Inside Japanese POW Camps
Sarah Kovner. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2020. pp. vi+328. Maps. Illust. Notes. Index. Hb. £28.95. ISBN 9780674737617
J E Hoare
Pages: 497-499
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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 Historical Dictionary of Mongolia
Alan J.K. Sanders. 4th ed. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, 2017. 2 vols, pp. xcvi + 1120. Chronology. Tables. Map. Bibliog. Appendices. Hb. £145. ISBN 978-1538102268
Sophie Ibbotson
Pages: 499-501
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan
Tobias S. Harris. Hurst & Company, London, 2020. pp. xxvi + 456. Notes. Index. Hb. £25. ISBN 9 8178 8738 3104
Michael Neale
Pages: 501-504
Published online: 22 Apr 2021
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To The End of Revolution: The Chinese Communist Party and Tibet 1949–59
Xiaoyuan Liu. Columbia University Press, 2020. pp. 416. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £30. ISBN 978023 1195270
Wendy Palace
Pages: 504-506
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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One Belt One Road: Chinese Power Meets the World
Eyck Freymann. Harvard University Asia Centre, Cambridge, MA, 2021. pp. 330. Illust. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £48.95. ISBN 9780674247956
Alice Politi
Pages: 506-508
Published online: 21 Apr 2021
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Risky Expertise in Chinese Financialisation: Returned Labour and the State-Finance Nexus
Giulia Dal Maso. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. Singapore, 2020. pp. 223, Notes. Index. Pb. £75.12. ISBN 978-981-15-6824-4
Ramnath Reghunadhan
Pages: 509-510
Published online: 10 May 2021
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Book Review
The New Koreans: The Business, History and People of South Korea
Michael Breen. Rider, London, 2017. pp. xvii + 462. Map. Chronology. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Pb. £14.99. ISBN 978-1-84604-520-2
Christopher Ruane
Pages: 510-512
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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The Invention of China
Bill Hayton. Yale University Press. New Haven, CT, 2020. xiii + 290 pages. Illust. Maps. Tables. Notes. Bibliog. Index. Hb. £20. ISBN 978-0-300-23482-4.
Christopher Ruane
Pages: 512-514
Published online: 28 Apr 2021
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Book Review
The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership
Clyde Prestowitz. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2021, vi+332 pages. Map, Notes, Index. Hb. £23. ISBN 978-0-300-24849-4
Christopher Ruane
Pages: 514-516
Published online: 26 Apr 2021
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Book Review
China
Kerry Brown. Polity Histories, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2020. pp. 198. Map. Further Reading. Notes. Index. Pb. £16.99. ISBN 9 7815 0954 1485
Michael Sheringham
Pages: 516-520
Published online: 07 May 2021
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