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more accurately reflects the diversity and polarization within Tunisia's "Islamist" political community. Asia Afghanistan: A year after Presidents Karzai and Obama signed the Afghanistan—United States strategic partnership agreement outlining the relationship between their countries post-2014, senior

iscussion remains the nature of a post-2014 US military presence and the terms that will guide it. Pakistan: Elections on Saturday May 11th brought Nawaz Sharif back to the prime ministership for a third time. His previous two tenures were in the '90s. The election drew 60 percent of Pakistani voters to the

d outlines the election management bodies. Politicking regarding the election is also underway among former ministers and governors who served under Karzai, although it is too early to identify any frontrunners. The passage of these laws was much awaited by Afghan's international partners and introduces

he US for the Taliban's acting like a government, and changed its mind about holding talks with the group. Pakistan: Pakistan's new prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, met Chinese President Li on July 4th in Beijing. It was Sharif's first trip abroad, and Pakistan's economic, energy, and infrastructure needs were

NDC. Central and South Asia Afghanistan: Seemingly focused on facilitating the Afghan High Peace Council's efforts at talks with the Taliban, the Karzai government has distanced itself from its US allies over the past few weeks. This was most recently exemplified by its decision to release 65 Afghan

ks. Pakistan: The much-anticipated talks between the Pakistani Taliban (Tehreek-e-Taliban) and the Pakistani government announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on January 29th have stalled due to attacks by the Taliban against police in Karachi on February 13th and a Taliban faction's "execution" on Februar