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Filipino nurses make up nearly a third of all health-care workers killed by the pandemic. Why? Listen to The
Experiment
podcast.
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John Herbst
John Herbst is a former U.S. ambassador to Uzbekistan and Ukraine, and the former U.S. consul general in Jerusalem.
The Coming Crisis in Central Asia
The American pullout from Afghanistan has the potential to destabilize the entire region.
John Herbst
and
William Courtney
February 19, 2013