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Hoodbhoy: Pakistan’s Nuclear Bayonet
Commentary, March, 28 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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In an enthusiastic moment, Napoleon is said to have remarked: “Bayonets are wonderful! One can do anything with them except sit on them!” Pakistan’s political and military establishment glows with similar enthusiasm about its nuclear weapons.
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan Can’t Handle Fukushima
Commentary, March, 24 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Ten days after the earthquake tsunami, Japan still teetered at the knife-edge of a major nuclear disaster.
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan’s Nuclear Bayonet
Commentary, February, 18 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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In an enthusiastic moment, Napoleon is said to have remarked: “Bayonets are wonderful! One can do anything with them except sit on them!”
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan’s nukes: How many are enough?
Commentary, February, 05 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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The latest news from America must have thrilled many: Pakistan probably has more nuclear weapons than India.
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan awaiting the clerical tsunami
Znet Article, January, 23 2011
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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On January 4, Salman Taseer, governor of Pakistan’s largest province, was gunned down by his own security guard, Mumtaz Qadri.
Gurman: Will U.S. Use Punjab Governor's Death as Pretext for More Drone Attacks?
Znet Article, January, 08 2011
Hannah Gurman
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On Tuesday morning, the reports of Salman Taseer’s assassination topped headlines around the world. Taseer, the governor of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province, had been killed by one of his own security guards in a market in Islamabad.
Porter: US Stepping Up Pressure on Pakistan
Znet Article, December, 26 2010
Gareth Porter
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This week's leak to the New York Times of a proposal for U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids against Afghan insurgent sanctuaries in Pakistan may be intended to put more pressure on the Pakistani military to take action against those sanctu...
Bhutto: A Flood of Drone Strikes
Znet Article, December, 10 2010
Fatima Bhutto
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What the Wikileaks revelations tell us about how Washington runs Pakistan
Hoodbhoy: Drones: Theirs And Ours
Znet Article, November, 23 2010
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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A drone – of the kind discussed here – is a programmed killing machine. By definition it is self-propelled, semi-autonomous, and capable of negotiating difficult local environments.
Hoodbhoy: A Case Of Bogus Science
Commentary, November, 19 2010
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Comstech is the Organization of Islamic Countries' highest scientific body. It has received millions of dollars from OIC countries, including Pakistan.
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan 3.0: The “CIA Jihad” and the Whirlwind Today
Audio, November, 10 2010
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Pervez Hoodboy recounts how Pakistanis, “across the board,” came to hate intrusive America.
Chatterji: Kashmir, India's Manufactured Nemesis
Zmag Article, October, 28 2010
Angana Chatterji
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Increased violence and repression in India-controlled Kashmir
Ali: Haven’t we seen this disaster movie before?
Znet Article, October, 13 2010
Mahir Ali
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Bob Woodward’s latest book, Obama’s Wars, has, among other things, helped to confirm suspicions of a high level of dysfunction in Washington vis-a-vis the nine-year war in Afghanistan, particularly in terms of disagreements between the Pentagon a...
Tripathi: India's High-Stakes Foreign Policy
Znet Article, October, 12 2010
Deepak Tripathi
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Analysis of President Obama's forthcoming India visit in November 2010 and the evolution of Indian foreign policy over the last sixty years.
Cockburn: Is Pakistan Falling Apart?
Znet Article, October, 10 2010
Patrick Cockburn
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Is Pakistan disintegrating? Are the state and society coming apart under the impact of successive political and natural disasters? The country swirls with rumors about the fall of the civilian government or even a military coup.
Sarwar: Stop War, Play Tennis
Znet Article, September, 30 2010
Beena Sarwar
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Who would have predicted that an Indian and a Pakistani would team up for tennis doubles.
Hoodbhoy: Pakistan's Universities
Commentary, September, 27 2010
Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Upset by drastic budget cuts imposed by the finance ministry, the vice-chancellors of 71 public sector universities are threatening to resign en-bloc. They rightly say that development projects are grounded, bills unpaid, and some buildings only h...
Qureshi: Pakistan Relief Efforts
Znet Article, September, 19 2010
Yasmin Qureshi
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More than 20 million people are impacted by the floods in Pakistan and more than 1.2 million homes destroyed.
Cole: The Great Pakistani Deluge Never Happened
Znet Article, September, 14 2010
Juan Cole
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The Pakistan flood in the mainstream media
Ali: Selling Off Af-Pak
Znet Article, September, 12 2010
Tariq Ali
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A few days ago, the West’s favorite Pakistani journalist, Ahmed Rashid, wrote a ‘guest column’ on the BBC website in which he suggested that the Afghan governance model be transferred to Pakistan...
