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Farooq Sulehria discusses the crisis along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the misconceptions within Pakistan’s military establishment, and the shifting global and regional power landscape.
‘The Prostitutes of Empire: Pakistan’s Generals and Their Gulf Patrons’: There are few spectacles as grotesque as Gaza under bombardment. But if anything can compete with it in sheer offensiveness, it is the sight of Pakistani generals flying off to Riyadh like underpaid mall cops called in to protect a billionaire’s parking lot. Also: ‘Summits for Palaces, Silence for Refugee Camps’.
It is a curious spectacle, almost Shakespearean in its tragicomic absurdity, to watch Pakistan once again being marched—boots polished and tails wagging—into the waiting embrace of the American empire.
Our strategic choice is between a one-front war with Pakistan and China or two-front diplomacy to resolve issues with both.
The most recent round of India-Pakistan hostilities reaffirmed a stark truth—for border residents, war is a zero-sum game. They gain nothing, but lose their safety, property, livelihoods, and even lives.
‘When War Becomes a Meme: Tagore’s Warning Against Hollow Nationalism’: The jarring contrast between virtual rage begs a question: what have we made of nationalism and what has it made of us? Also: ‘India, Pakistan and The Day After’.
Donald Trump’s public interventions negate India’s view that any crisis with Pakistan and Kashmir are bilateral issues, says defence expert Sushant Singh.
‘The Unseen War in Balochistan and the Road to Freedom’; ‘Mama Qadeer: The Relentless Voice for Balochistan’s Disappeared’; and: ‘Khair Bakhsh Marri: The Relentless Rebel and the Conscience of Balochistan’.
‘India’s Unfinished Business with War and Peace’; ‘The Questions after Pahalgam are Not New—What’s New is the Refusal to Learn’; ‘In Wake of Pahalgam, Recalling Nehru’s Advice on Resisting Pakistan’s Provocations’.
An interview with former military officer Sushant Singh, a lecturer at Yale University and one of India’s foremost security experts, on Delhi’s military options following the horrific attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed.
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