How Pakistan Makes Washington Pay for the Afghan War
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The following ingredients should go a long way to produce a political thriller. Mr. M, a jihadist in an Asian state, has emerged as the mastermind of a terrorist attack in...
(13) Comments | Posted May 24, 2011 | 1:07 PM
Washington often acts as if Pakistan were its client state, with no other possible patron but the United States. It assumes that Pakistani leaders, having made all the usual declarations about upholding the “sacred sovereignty” of their country, will end up yielding to periodic American demands, including those for a...
(74) Comments | Posted September 23, 2010 | 12:03 PM
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“Make poverty history!” A catchy slogan, and an admirable aim, it was adopted by world leaders at the United Nations summit in New York on the eve of the New Millennium. A decade later, it is America which has made history -- even if in the...
(160) Comments | Posted May 27, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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Irrespective of their politics, flawed leaders share a common trait. They generally remain remarkably oblivious to the harm they do to the nation they lead. George W. Bush is a salient recent example, as is former British Prime Minister Tony Blair....
(23) Comments | Posted January 12, 2010 | 4:01 PM
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The dramatic images of protestors in Iran fearlessly facing -- and sometimes countering -- the brutal attacks of the regime’s security forces rightly gain the admiration and sympathy of viewers in the West. They also leave many Westerners assuming that this is a preamble to...
(13) Comments | Posted October 29, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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While the tone of the Obama administration is different from that of its predecessor, and some of its foreign policies diverge from those of George W. Bush, at their core both administrations subscribe to the same doctrine: Whatever the White House perceives as a threat --...
(9) Comments | Posted June 30, 2009 | 12:45 PM
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The Islamic Revolution Faces the Classic Dilemma of All Revolutions
By marshalling the regime's coercive instruments, Iran's 70-year-old supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, has, for now, succeeded in curbing the popular, peaceful challenge to the authenticity of Iran's fateful June 12th presidential...
(1) Comments | Posted May 6, 2009 | 1:48 PM
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The World Melts Down, China Grows
In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, a new world order is emerging -- with its center gravitating towards China. The statistics speak for themselves. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
(5) Comments | Posted April 17, 2012 | 11:50 AM