In all of these arenas, a new civilian government will face a more complex landscape than its predecessors.

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Davood Moradian, who heads the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies in Kabul, says the Chinese are treading carefully, realizing they lack expertise in a complex political landscape that has tripped up other great powers.

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In a complex and changing landscape, businesses want to manage and measure these efforts in an integrated way.

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As the CMO Council points out in its report, the future requires a new breed of top marketer, one who has the skills, experience and leadership (and I would add, the tools) to be able to continue the advancement of the customer experience across a more complex, multi-channel landscape.

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If you can navigate its overly descriptive prose and the excess of metaphors, Catfish and Mandala provides an honest and complex look at a generation and the modern landscape of Vietnam.

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