-
Recent Posts
- Keynesian thought is utopian
- The Don gets his phone calls returned
- The Mullah’s go mum
- Digital mediums & the wrought return of the nation state
- Nawaz Sharif’s dynasty in Pakistan halted
- Lenin: storm chaser
- How to read the Mexican election
- The African continent & the state of capitalism
- Trump & Iran: presage to permanent emnity
- The Moral, Strategic Bankruptcy of Arafat
- Didactic Dow Jones & the Realism of Leading
- The War Against Decline & Fall
- Time Does Not Heal All Wounds: Anne Spoerry As Mama Daktari
- Arabs Abandon the Mythology of Palestinian Victimhood
- Short Premier on Israeli Calculations with Moscow via Syria
Faith & Reason Collide
Feed- Keynesian thought is utopian
- The Don gets his phone calls returned
- The Mullah’s go mum
- Digital mediums & the wrought return of the nation state
- Nawaz Sharif’s dynasty in Pakistan halted
- Lenin: storm chaser
- How to read the Mexican election
- The African continent & the state of capitalism
- Trump & Iran: presage to permanent emnity
- The Moral, Strategic Bankruptcy of Arafat
Categories
- Abortion
- Adolf Hitler
- Afghanistan
- Africa
- Alex Tocqueville
- Antiquity
- Arab Spring
- Arnold Toynbee
- Asia
- Bangladesh
- Benny Avni
- Budget
- Central Asia
- Cesar Chavez
- Charles Dickens
- Charles Mackay's Delusions & Mania's
- Charles Mackay's Delusions and Mania's
- China
- Church Fathers
- Conservatism
- Constitution
- Courtesans
- Culture War
- Cyril Northcote Parkinson
- Economics
- Education
- Elias Canetti
- Empire
- Encirclement
- England
- Eric Voegelin
- Ethics
- Europe
- Federal Reserve
- Feminization Of Men
- France
- Frontier
- Gay Marriage
- Germany
- Gleb Yakunin
- Grand Strategy
- Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Harry Jaffa
- Healthcare
- Hitler
- Housing Crisis
- Identity Development
- India
- Insurgencies
- International Relations
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Islam
- Islamic Finance
- Israel
- Japan
- Jeane Kirkpatrick
- John Paul II
- Journalism
- Kant
- Latin America
- Liberalism
- Liberty
- Literature
- Macro-economics
- Macroeconomics
- Management
- Mark Halprin
- Marriage Preparation
- Mass/Liturgy
- Measure the Earth
- Mexico
- Michael Jackson
- Middle East Peace
- Money
- Morality
- Music
- Mysticism
- Nation State
- Near East
- North Korea
- Nuclear
- Oil
- Oriana Fallachi
- Pakistan
- Pension Reform
- Pentagon
- Perils Of Specialization
- Peter Drucker
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Poets
- Poland
- Political Economy
- Politics
- Pope Benedict XVI
- Prayer
- Raymond Aron
- Reagan
- Russia
- Russian Priest
- Sacrifice
- Sarah Palin
- Satan/Evil
- Saudi Arabia
- Sex Abuse Crisis Church
- Sexual Ethics
- Shakespeare
- Shia
- Sociology
- solzhenitzen
- South America
- South Asia
- South Korea
- Student Debt
- Sun Tzu
- Supreme Court
- Syria
- Terrorism
- The Demise Of The Black Family
- The Long War
- Theology
- Ukraine
- Uncategorized
- Winston Churchill
- Xavier Zubiri
Meta
William Holland
William Holland Twitter
Tweets by williamholland
Category Archives: Pakistan
Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan’s Proxy & America’s Long Vision for SW Asia
Contemporary analysts don’t study military history, specifically civil military relations. Its reserved for generals who attend secular universities or the uncommon scholar who insists on studying varying political regimes and their dependent relations with the United States. When McMaster wrote … Continue reading
Posted in Pakistan, Uncategorized
Tagged Hafiz Saeed, Islamabad, JuD, Pakistan, The Citadel
Leave a comment
Caveats In Pakistan’s Oriental Orbit
Its getting amusing to witness the bemoaning of U.S. Pakistani relations, especially regarding Beijing’s attempt to corral Islamabad out from its U.S. orbit with promises of money, roads and security. The Punjabi’s that run the Citadel don’t really want to … Continue reading
Posted in Pakistan, Uncategorized
Tagged Beijing, CPEC, debt, Energy Corridor, Mohammed Jinnah, Pakistan Energy, PML-N
Leave a comment
The Swamp & the Citadel: Pakistan’s Abetted Agitprop
Watching the wheelchair bound Muslim cleric Khadim Rizvi engage his ministry at the Faizabad interchange instructs those unfamiliar with Pakistan that the Army continues to incite public violence for political profit. The army’s utter refusal to disperse militant Islamists evidenced … Continue reading
Posted in Pakistan, Uncategorized
Tagged Army, Imran Khan, ISI, Khadim Rizvi, Khan, Muslim League, Pakistan, Sharif
Leave a comment
Trump’s Assessment of Afghanistan: The Preview
Tonight the President will address the nation on our commitment to Afghanistan, by any reckoning I imagine that he will continue to posture U.S. forces in line with his national security adviser McMaster, who has advocated a mini-surge of U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Pakistan, Uncategorized
Tagged Civil Military Relations, India, Islamabad, McMaster, Nuclear War, Pakistan, Pashtun, Reforming Pentagon, The Citadel, war
Leave a comment
A Reckoning Called Pakistan
Today the Trump administration revealed a distinct policy regarding U.S. aid to Pakistan that remained unfulfilled for the fiscal year ending 2016. This admonishment will definitely anger the ruling Punjabi’s of “the Citadel” who’ve arrogated to themselves a praetorian rule … Continue reading
Pakistan’s ‘Relief Valve’, The Azaadi of Kashmir
The Economist provides an unrivaled summary of the geopolitical consequences of the British partition of India. Positioning Muslim majorities on both sides of India effectively sought to keep New Delhi in a perpetual state of siege. Only Northern Ireland & … Continue reading
Pakistan, the Politics of Endgame: the slaughter of innocents
I was personally horrified to learn of the slaughter of innocents in Peshawar, only to remind myself that effective executive counter-terror policy requires sound intelligence networks devoted to the maintenance of political institutions that serve ‘citizens.’ The slaughter of … Continue reading
Pakistan ISI: Screws the U.S.
Looking for the most wanted man in Pakistan? How about $10 Million bounty? The founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan’s most wanted terror master Hafiz Saeed lead PRAYER in PUBLIC at the Gadhafi Stadium just outside Lahore last Friday. What does this … Continue reading
Posted in Pakistan
Tagged Civilian Military Relations, Hafiz Saeed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan, War Aims
Leave a comment
The Great Gamble
There are two authorities on the AfPak region that are worth reading, Dr. Anatol Lieven who resides at King’s College, London and Ahmed Rashid. Dr. Rashid currently has residence at Oxford University. Both men have impeccable credentials along with language … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Arab Spring, Empire, Frontier, Islam, Pakistan, South Asia
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, AfPak Theatre, Britain, Bush, Dr. Ahmed Rashid, Dr. Anatol Lieven, Great Gamble, India, London, Long War, Pakistan, Petreaus, Rashid Ahmed, Terrorism, The Great Game, Tournament of Shadows, US Terror
Comments Off on The Great Gamble
Dr. Brendan Simms: Strategery
I’ve always loved how the experts, the specialized mandarins and policy wonks ridiculed Bush for his malapropisms. The overly specialized development of precise language does have its flaws, if only exposed in the caldron of the mundane. Where else is … Continue reading
Posted in Arab Spring, Arnold Toynbee, Central Asia, International Relations, Islam, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Pakistan, Politics
Tagged Arnold Toynbee, Bismark, Brendan Simms, Bush, COIN Doctrine, Counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, de Gaulle, Idolization of Ephemeral Technique, Influence of Sea Power Upon History, Lord Alfred Thayer Mahon, Offshore Balancing, Realism, Roosevelt, Russian Revolution, Security Studies, Southwest Asia, Strategery, Three Victories and A Defeat: Rise and Fall of the First British Empire
Comments Off on Dr. Brendan Simms: Strategery
William Holland
William Holland 