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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
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Tagged Hafiz Saeed, Islamabad, JuD, Pakistan, The Citadel
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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
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Tagged Army, Imran Khan, ISI, Khadim Rizvi, Khan, Muslim League, Pakistan, Sharif
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Framework & Rhetoric: Structuring A Coherent South Asian Policy
The overt managerial didacticism on display last Monday isn’t helpful in the articulation and execution of statecraft. Our enemies are on the rise throughout South Asia, this isn’t something anyone on the alternate right really understands. We don’t have the … Continue reading
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
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Tagged Civil Military Relations, India, Islamabad, McMaster, Nuclear War, Pakistan, Pashtun, Reforming Pentagon, The Citadel, war
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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
Our Afghan Struggle
Having weak borders contributes to the long slog that has become Afghanistan. Having President Obama for two terms didn’t help either, for as it stands now, the American’s must revisit a phase of our mission that was abandoned by team … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Kabul, Pakistan, Quetta, Waziristan
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India’s Prospectus: A Market Based Economy?
The Raj lives on in India as a near permanent rentier economy. Often called the license Raj, the sobriquet is fitting yet damaging. The ground harnessing this collectivist agenda is geography and history, the twin engines for international relations. Indian consciousness … Continue reading
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Tagged India, India F16, Modi, New Delhi, Pakistan, Political Economy
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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
The Afghan Withdrawal: A Receding American Imperium
Dr. David Petraeus isn’t the sole authority or executor for the “Iraqi Surge”, Fredrick W. Kagan at the American Enterprise Institute had a major share in the restoration of the American threat deterrent by strengthening the application of policy oversight. … Continue reading