The Past, Present, and Future of Pakistan
I’m not sure why the timing worked out the way it did, but a bunch of SMEs, self-professed or otherwise, have come forward in recent days to opine on all kinds of matters having to do with Pakistan, our oh-so-valuable ally in the Global War on Terror. These include:
The Council on Foreign Relations’ Policy Options Paper on Pakistan;
The Strategic Studies Institute’s paper Worries Beyond War;
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has produced a paper on the impact of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination;
The International Crisis Group (where do they get these names?) has one on the same subject, A Way Forward for Pakistan;
And last but not least, cushy government think-tank RAND have whipped up a transcript of recent congressional testimony: Assassination, Instability, and the Future of U.S. Policy.
The CSIS paper asks, only half-rhetorically, “What will Pakistani attitudes be towards the US? Have they become more favorable after the Bush Administration took a higher profile in pushing for democracy?”. An equally good question is how they feel about U.S. government-subsidized think tanks and other administration proxies debating and discussing the future of the country without any input from, you know, Pakistanis. Does the word “imperialist” figure prominently in such opinions?
(thanks to the hsdl)
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