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“As goes Pakistan. . .”

Peaceful trends mark the post-cold war era, but war and terrorism continue..

Pakistan embodies many of the key issues on which the future of the post-cold war era will hinge-democracy, Islamic fundamentalism, nuclear weapons, terrorism, poverty, and corruption.

Here (referring to a picture), Pakistani police direct traffic in the swat valley after a military campaign dislodged the Taliban there, 2009.

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