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  Objectives: Introduction to the conflict Impact on Regional Geopolitics of South Asia Impact on future Warfare South Asia Armenia-Azerbaijan: Why did Nagorno-Karabakh spark a conflict? Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan, but its population is majority Armenian. As the Soviet Union saw increasing tensions in its constituent republics in the 1980s, Nagorno-Karabakh voted to become part of Armenia - sparking a war that stopped with a ceasefire in 1994. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh has remained part of Azerbaijan but is controlled by separatist ethnic Armenians backed by the Armenian government. Until recently, negotiations mediated by international powers had failed to deliver a peace agreement. Armenia is majority Christian while Azerbaijan is majority Muslim. Turkey has close ties to Azerbaijan, while Russia is allied with Armenia - although it also has good relations with Azerbaijan. A peace deal has been agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan, two former Soviet Union republic...

In Pakistan there have been many studies done concerning the difference in treatment of girls and boys. Boys seem to get preferential treatment over the girls in education and many other sexually biased situations.  The girls are expected to have a minimal education since their main goal in Pakistani life is to marry and produce children.  However, there are some Pakistani women who have become quite successful. Boys are usually predicted as the ones with the most fluent vocabulary, but studies have shown that's its actually the girls who excel in vocabulary. Boys are expected to find a career so that he can one day support a family. It's all very autocratic. Because parents treat their sons and daughters differently, it tends to cause inferior feelings in girls and superiority in the boys.  This can cause tension between siblings.  Because a girl has only the goal of being a wife and mother, her aspirations are low, sometimes causing low Sel...