Archive for October, 2010
DNA: Obama’s India visit & Pakistan’s insecurity
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_obama-s-india-visit-will-feed-pakistan-s-sense-of-insecurity_1460040 Obama’s India visit will feed Pakistan’s sense of insecurity Published: Sunday, Oct 31, 2010, 2:12 IST By Mosharraf Zaidi When it comes to the United States, Pakistan is an oft-spurned lover. In Islamabad, no discussion about Pakistan-US relations can be complete without a blow-by-blow account of the occasions on which Pakistan, the supple and [...]
The rainbow after the floods
http://thenews.com.pk/27-10-2010/Opinion/12170.htm Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by Mosharraf Zaidi It has been three months since record rains devastated Pakistan with unprecedented flooding. The initial shock of the floods was followed by an emergency-and-relief phase whose speed and scale is something Pakistanis should be proud of. When push comes to shove, and everyone else is still bickering [...]
Love is blindness?
http://thenews.com.pk/21-10-2010/Opinion/11105.htm Love is Blindness? Thursday, October 21, 2010 Mosharraf Zaidi The US-Pakistan strategic dialogue is one of the most elaborate strategic communications campaign ever imposed on the mass media. The combined half a billion people – slightly more than 300 million Americans and slightly less than 200 million Pakistanis – that live in these two [...]
Institutions versus Individuals
www.thenews.com.pk Institutions versus Individuals Wednesday, October 20, 2010 by Mosharraf Zaidi Every key institution in Pakistan has legitimacy that is afforded to it, structurally by the constitution, laws and customs, as well as circumstantially by events and how they are shaped. No matter how poisonous and destructive, the illegitimacy of individuals or groups does not [...]
Ruses that distract from a CT strategy
http://thenews.com.pk/13-10-2010/Opinion/9686.htm Ruses that distract from a CT strategy Wednesday, October 13, 2010 by Mosharraf Zaidi One of the important but widely neglected debates that needs unpacking in Pakistan is the one between counterinsurgency, counterterrorism and counter-extremism. This is a uniquely Pakistani challenge, and looking elsewhere for inspiration may be of limited utility. The discussion that [...]
What the NATO attack exposes
http://thenews.com.pk/05-10-2010/Opinion/8223.htm What the NATO attack exposes Tuesday, October 5, 2010 by Mosharraf Zaidi During the process that lead to President Barack Obama’s announcement of a surge in Afghanistan last year, Pakistan’s role in the situation in Afghanistan became of a greater importance than any other single factor. From the perspective of both the US military [...]
Foreign Policy: Reading Woodward in Karachi
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/10/04/reading_woodward_in_karachi?page=full Reading Woodward in Karachi Is this the nail in the coffin of the U.S.-Pakistan relationship? BY MOSHARRAF ZAIDI | OCTOBER 4, 2010 Bob Woodward’s books have an uncanny ability to create palpable nervousness in Washington. They almost always expose some government officials in a poor light. But though many figures in his latest, Obama’s [...]
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