America’s friends in the Indo-Pacific live in dread of being abandoned like Ukraine
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The Maha Kumbh Mela shows how tradition has become trendy
Instead it will be a way for Emomali Rahmon, the president, to cement his rule
The cash saved is going into a new fund he controls
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The city-state’s usually dull politics have taken a turn