All-weather doormat
Old Chinese proverb say: Beggars can’t be choosers. As relations between the U.S. and Pakistan deteriorate, Pakistan’s prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani referred to China as an “all-weather” friend who...
View ArticleA history of violence
On Saleem Shahzad’s killing. The killing of Syed Saleem Shahzad near Islamabad is but another example of the perils journalists face in Pakistan today for challenging the conspiracy-riddled narratives...
View ArticleRotten Apple theory?
An arrest merely due to ties to Hizb-ut-Tahrir stretches credulity. Dawn ran an article about recent arrests in Pakistan, which included a serving Brigadier affiliated with GHQ, allegedly for having...
View ArticleNuclear nonproliferation ayatollahs
The Good Ol’ Boys Club of 1968 is dead. Move on. On his blog, Michael Krepon revisits the Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement today and asks whether it was a worthwhile project, when considered against the...
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