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Tag Archives: Pakistan
Pulling Strings in Foreign Relations
Seems to be an awful lot of “testing” going on. Mutiny in Georgia!!! Iran attacks Kurdish guerillas in Iraq with helicopters Pakistan is melting down!!! Chinese Ships Come Dangerously Close to American Vessel
Posted in Foreign affairs, Keith's Page
Tagged Georgia, Iran, Iraq, kurdish, Pakistan, President Obama, taliban Cheinese, testing
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On Bad Ideas
Seth Weinberger picks up Foreign Policy’s “10 Worst Policy Ideas” for Obama and McCain and adds some commentary. What’s immediately striking to me is how few objections FP offers to McCain’s foreign policy proposals. A peculiar thing, if you’re familiar … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged CAFTA, doctrine, Domestic Politics, foreign policy, Iran, League of Democracies, McCain, NAFTA, Obama, Pakistan, policy ideas, Seth Weinberger, top 10
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Logistically Untenable?
Belmont ClubWe could be forced to entirely revamp our strategy in Afghanistan if the situation in Pakistan continues to deteriorate and the Russians intend to be uncooperative. There are in fact serious concerns that troops in Afghanistan can be cut … Continue reading
US Intelligence: ISI Helped Plan Attack
From the NYT: American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government officials. The conclusion was based on intercepted … Continue reading
Counterintuiting the FATA
Posted first at Registan.net, the web’s best source of news and analysis of Central Asia and the Caucasus. My friend Jeb Koogler and I co-wrote an op-ed in Thursday’s Christian Science Monitor, titled, “Myths in Al Qaeda’s ‘home’.” This matters … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Josh's Page, Media, regulation
Tagged FATA, myths, NWFP, Pakistan, policy, US foreign policy
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The Khyber Pass: A History of Empire & Invasion, by Paddy Docherty
This book was written entirely in the passive voice. The passive voice was used to avoid assigning causation or personhood to various events. As a result, we learn that places were invaded, people were slaughtered, armies were founded, but no … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Foreign affairs
Tagged Afghanistan, Books, Central Asia, History, Iran, Pakistan
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A Retreating Periphery
(photo: Mani Babbar) After 9/11 widened Al Qaeda’s ambitious war against most of the world, Osama bin Laden described his own axis-o-evil as being composed of “Crusaders, Zionists and Hindus.” But at some point, without anyone much noticing, that seems … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Uncategorized
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Europe, geostrategy, Hindus, India, Iraq, Jammu, Jhelum River, Kashmir, Middle East, Muslim, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, propaganda, religion, Terrorism, Tigris River, United States, war
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Why the Taliban Cease Fire Won’t Matter
Published first at Registan.net, this is the culmination of some research I’ve been doing into the nature and history of Pashtun tribal militancy. It draws from a mixture of out-of-print ethnocgraphic and geographic surveys, as well as contemporary news accounts, … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, History
Tagged Afghanistan, British, History, military, Pakistan, Pashtunistan, Taliban
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You Say You Want a Revolution
These are the events that can kick off revolutions, civil wars, and even God forbid world wars… Let’s hope and pray this will be a more bloodless revolution. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318510,00.html Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a homicide … Continue reading