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Failed State

Minus One, Two or Three: Pakistani Politics Is Business Unusual

Hisham Wyne | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Spotlight-on-Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, Democracy-in-Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Spotlight on Pakistan, Pakistan Army, Failed State, Democracy in Pakistan, World News
Hisham Wyne

Given that a concentrated campaign is underway to ensure that due democratic process is freed from future army interference and Pakistan is stabilized in the face of persistent existentialist threats, decapitating the political system by removing party heads is not smart.

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Nigeria Nearing Failed State Status, Say Local Lawyers

BBC News | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Nigeria, Nigeria Politics, Unrest in Nigeria, Failed State, Nigeria Failed State, World News

The head of Nigeria's leading lawyers' association has said the country is "gliding toward being a failed state"....

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Failed States Present Dangers To International Community (AUDIO)

WorldFocus | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Failed States, Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs, Failed State, Somalia, Iraq, Advocacy, World News

Somalia, Zimbabwe and Sudan topped the list of failed states this year -- rankings based on human rights, governance, economic activity and othe...

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Will US Army's Development Delusions Cause More Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan?

William Easterly | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Jeffrey Sachs, Department of Defense, Conflict, Afghanistan, Paul Collier, Failed State, US Army, Development, World News
William Easterly

More in sorrow than in anger, I see that this utopian social engineering craze could encourage people with guns to use them.

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Denial-istan

Huffington Post Contributor | Farrukh Rehan | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: U.S., Taliban, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Failed State, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Taliban Swat Valley, Fata, Spotlight on Pakistan, World News

by Farrukh Rehan Every morning I roll out of bed and scan the papers on the net. Today, like most days, I find something distressing about Pakistan. ...

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A Peek at America's Possible Future Pakistan Policy

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.09.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Terrorism, Pakistan, Failed State, Pakistan Cricket Attack, Taliban, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Mujahideen, Bruce Riedel, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Cia, Sri Lanka Cricket, Pervez Musharraf, Tariq-Ali, Brookings Institution, Soviet Union, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

If America once turned on the Afghan allies that helped it defeat the Soviets, many Pakistanis feel, what would stop it from turning on Pakistan?

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What If a State Failed and Nobody Cared?

Adam Elkus | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, War on Drugs, Mexico Drug War, National Security, Failed State, Mexico, BORDER ISSUES, World News
Adam Elkus

No one puts Mexico in the same category as a violent, unstable state like Pakistan. No one, that is, except the Pentagon.

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John McCain's Foreign Policy Blunder

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pakistan Failed State, John McCain, Coup, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Failed State, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

Why aren't people making more of the fact that John McCain was flatly, factually wrong about Pakistan being a "failed state?"

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Major Gaffe: McCain Said Pakistan Was a Failed State

Max Bergmann | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Presidential Debates, McCain Pakistan, Obama Mccain Pakistan, John McCain Gaffe, Pakistan Failed State, Mccain Foreign Policy, Oxford Debate, Mississippi Debate, Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, Failed State, Nawaz Sharif, Pervez Musharraf, McCain Pakistan Gaffe, McCain Pakistan Failed State, Pakistan Failed State Mccain, Politics News
Max Bergmann

McCain just badly misstated the history of Pakistan. McCain said Pakistan was a failed state before President Musharraf came to power. That is not true.

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