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Hello! I (Neil Padukone) am a Fellow for Geopolitics at the Takshashila Institution, and a Public Service Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. I'm currently writing a book on the future of conflict in South Asia. This blog is a public platform for some of my writings and thoughts on international relations, geopolitics, public management, security and conflict, identity studies, urban development, complexity theory, and religion, among other topics.
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Op-Ed in the Christian Science Monitor – “America’s way out of dependence on Pakistan: Iran”
The Christian Science Monitor recently asked me for an op-ed on US-Pakistan relations. “America’s way out of dependence on Pakistan: Iran” argues that America’s very dependence on Pakistan is the key source of regional instability, amounting to US support for … Continue reading
Posted in Diplomacy, Iran, Pakistan, Strategy, Terrorism and Militancy, United States
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Article in the Huffington Post – Do Abrahamic Faiths Have a Monopoly on Truth?
I’ve co-authored a slightly more personal piece in The Huffington Post with one of my best friends, Colin Christopher. It discusses one of the main sources of religious conflict in the world: the idea of exclusivism, and how some religions … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, Uncategorized
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