Pakistan – The Scholar's Stage

Notes From All Over (3/02/2014): Ghosts, Empire, and Tribal Honor

03 February, 2014Dogs of War, Ecology, Education, History, Japan, Monied Interests, Notes From All Over, Pakistan, Romans and Grecians, Southeast Asia, The Middle Kingdom, Wealth

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. TOP BILLING “‘The standard of living in ancient societies: a comparison between the Han Empire, the Roman Empire, and Babylonia“ Bas van Leeuwen, Reinhard Pirgruber, and Jieli van Leeuwen-Li. Working Papers 50, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History. The global and long-term development of […]

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Akbar Ahmed on Terrorism and the Collapse of the Tribal Order

15 October, 2013Arabia, Bactria, Demographics, Dogs of War, Family Structure, Near East, Pakistan, Religion

Car bomb in Peshawar. Source: Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press. 29 September 2013. Last week I penned a two–post series on the purpose of and underlying reasons for the savage terrorist attacks radical Islamic groups have launched across the world. I argued that these attacks were not “senseless” acts of violence, nor merely the results of fanatic […]

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What is Really Happening in Gilgit-Balochistan

07 October, 2010Bharat, Media, Pakistan, The Middle Kingdom

Two months ago I called attention to Selig Harrison’s claim in a New York Times op-ed that 7,000 Chinese soldiers had been stationed in Gilgit-Balochistan, the Pakistani-controlled section of Kashmir. This week the Pakistani branch of the International Herald Tribune, the Express Tribune, published a forceful riposte to Mr. Harrison’s claims: The Great Media Game […]

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Chinese Troops Move Into Pakistan, Western Media Hardly Bats An Eye

29 August, 2010Entangling Alliances, Media, Pakistan, The Middle Kingdom

Earlier this weekend The New York Times reported that Pakistan has allowed some 11,000 Chinese troops into Gilgit-Baltistan, a strategically significant part of the contested Kashmir region. Steve Hynd (of NewsHoggers) beat me to posting on the news. As his thoughts on the situation mirror my own, I direct my readers to his post: China […]

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Afghansistan 2050: Futures That Will Not Be

13 August, 2010Bactria, Central Asia, Futuristics, Military Affairs, Pakistan, Russia, The Middle Kingdom

The following is my contribution to the Afghanistan 2050 Roundtable hosted by the proprietors of ChicagoBoyz. The opening post of the roundtable – which explains its purpose and methods – can be found here. My piece is cross-posted at ChicagoBoyz with the rest of the submissions. The great challenge with interpreting the future is that […]

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If You Ever Doubted

26 July, 2010Bactria, Media, Military Affairs, Pakistan

The big news to hit today’s foreign policy press was the release of several thousand DoD documents to The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Speigel by Wikileaks. As the title of the Times piece suggests, the top story to emerge from the leaks is the numerous field reports detailing how the Pakistani Inter-Service […]

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Does The Executive Branch Suffer From a Learning Disability?

21 July, 2010Entangling Alliances, Pakistan

It must. For try as I might, I cannot come up with another explanation for this: U.S. to unveil large aid package to win the hearts of Pakistanis Saeed Shah. McClatchey’s News. 18 July 2010. The U.S. will announce Monday hundreds of millions of dollars worth of civilian aid projects for Pakistan, American officials said, […]

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Notes From All Over (05/7/2010).

06 July, 2010Bharat, Climate, COIN, Culture, Environmentalism, Geography, Notes From All Over, Oligarchy, Pakistan, Wealth

A collection of articles, essays, and blog post of merit. THE REPUBLIC The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the U.S. Labor Market: Implications for Employment and Earnings David Autor. Center for American Progress. April 2010. In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That Catherine Rampell. New York Times. 21 June 2010. Financial Revolving Doors: […]

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The Turn of the Tide? Our Media Finally Wakes Up and Hates on Pakistan

02 July, 2010Bactria, Bharat, Media, Pakistan

A little recognized truth: the Directorate for Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s largest intelligence agency, is the prime reason Afghanistan remains an insurgent’s haven. While I have briefly touched upon this here at the Stage, others have covered the matter much more extensively. Writers such as “Zenpundit”, “Pundita“, and the folks at NewsHoggers (all on my […]

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Pakistan and China: BFFs

25 June, 2010Diplomacy, Entangling Alliances, Pakistan, The Middle Kingdom

In case you missed it: Chinese firms have brokered a deal to construct two nuclear reactors for the Chashma Nuclear Complex in Pakistan. Pakistan, and in particular, Punjab (the state in which the complex can be found) suffers from chronic energy shortages. After a series of rolling black outs this April, the Punjab Chief Minister […]

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Category Archives: Pakistan

Notes From All Over (3/02/2014): Ghosts, Empire, and Tribal Honor

Akbar Ahmed on Terrorism and the Collapse of the Tribal Order

What is Really Happening in Gilgit-Balochistan

Chinese Troops Move Into Pakistan, Western Media Hardly Bats An Eye

Afghansistan 2050: Futures That Will Not Be

If You Ever Doubted

Does The Executive Branch Suffer From a Learning Disability?

Notes From All Over (05/7/2010).

The Turn of the Tide? Our Media Finally Wakes Up and Hates on Pakistan

Pakistan and China: BFFs

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