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Husain Haqqani
The writer is director for South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute in Washington DC. He served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the US and is author, most recently, of ‘Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States and an epic history of misunderstanding’
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Desperately seeking a futureSubscriber Only
April 30, 2003 00:00 IST
Pakistan’s latest experiment in ‘‘controlled democracy’’ appears to be faltering within a few months of parliamenta...
Wed, Apr 30, 2003Indo-Pak talks: It is a question of minimumSubscriber Only
April 23, 2003 00:00 IST
Soon after the talk of another round of talks between India and Pakistan surfaced in the media, a senior Pakistani academic in the United St...
Wed, Apr 23, 2003Why India cannot afford a pre-emptive strike on PakSubscriber Only
April 10, 2003 00:00 IST
The pre-emptive US war in Iraq is not yet over but its international fallout has already begun. A spat has started between India and Pakista...
Thu, Apr 10, 2003How Bush silenced the moderate Muslim voiceSubscriber Only
April 04, 2003 00:00 IST
‘‘Show them no pity. They have stains on their souls.’’To those familiar with anti-western rhetoric in the Arab and Musl...
Fri, Apr 04, 2003Apocalypse now: It’s a mythical warSubscriber Only
March 19, 2003 00:00 IST
Writing in the International Herald Tribune, William Pfaff summed up the nature of the international crisis over Iraq. ‘‘The inter...
Wed, Mar 19, 2003No winners in this matchSubscriber Only
March 05, 2003 00:00 IST
In an age of unipolarity, Non-Aligned summits are hardly significant. Even with international attention focused on Iraq, the recent NAM summ...
Wed, Mar 05, 2003Why the Muslim Street is quietSubscriber Only
February 21, 2003 00:00 IST
Most major cities of the world witnessed massive demonstrations against a possible war with Iraq, with the conspicuous exception of capitals...
Fri, Feb 21, 2003Win minds before warsSubscriber Only
February 12, 2003 00:00 IST
According to a report in the New York Times, ‘‘Pakistan, a nation not entirely sure of its bearings, is awash in anti-Western pole...
Wed, Feb 12, 2003US nudge: Take risks for peaceSubscriber Only
January 30, 2003 00:00 IST
United States Secretary of State Colin Powell summarised Washington’s view of South Asia when he remarked that India and Pakistan must ...
Thu, Jan 30, 2003Mr Fix-it Musharraf does it againSubscriber Only
January 23, 2003 00:00 IST
The recent bye-elections in several seats across Pakistan were fixed by the military establishment, according to most Pakistani press report...
Thu, Jan 23, 2003Hot pursuit, cold feetSubscriber Only
January 09, 2003 00:00 IST
Strains in the US alliance with Pakistan are beginning to show with an increase in terrorist activity along the border with Afghanistan as w...
Thu, Jan 09, 2003Imperfect GeneralisationsSubscriber Only
January 02, 2003 00:00 IST
In a recent speech, General Pervez Musharraf attempted to justify the duplicitous policies of his government on grounds of pragmatism. ‘...
Thu, Jan 02, 2003A free terrorist and a carefree MusharrafSubscriber Only
December 20, 2002 00:00 IST
Two seemingly unrelated developments over the last few days bring into question the intentions of Pakistan’s present military oligarchy...
Fri, Dec 20, 200231 degrees of separationSubscriber Only
December 13, 2002 00:00 IST
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are facing relentless criticism in the western media despite their status as ‘‘indispensable allies’...
Fri, Dec 13, 2002Musharraf’s pack of cardsSubscriber Only
December 04, 2002 00:00 IST
Pakistan now has a parliament and a Prime Minister but it is far from being a democracy. General Pervez Musharraf still wields powers that h...
Wed, Dec 04, 2002Sergeant Musharraf’s lonely bandSubscriber Only
November 14, 2002 00:00 IST
More than a month after parliamentary elections, Pakistan is still without a stable elected government and without a final date for convenin...
Thu, Nov 14, 2002The Turkish aftertasteSubscriber Only
November 07, 2002 00:00 IST
The sweeping electoral victory in Turkey of a party with Islamic roots should bring to an end the delusion of those who seek to ‘‘...
Thu, Nov 07, 2002Cutting through Pak’s nuclear fogSubscriber Only
November 01, 2002 00:00 IST
Pakistan's status as a key US ally in the war against terrorism has not protected it from allegations of secretly supplying North Korea with...
Fri, Nov 01, 2002Fixed it, shut it, can’t forget itSubscriber Only
October 17, 2002 00:00 IST
General Musharraf may have learnt the hard way that there is only one thing worse than fixing an election. It is fixing an election without ...
Thu, Oct 17, 2002Military ‘fact’, mostly fictionSubscriber Only
October 10, 2002 00:00 IST
As Pakistanis vote in their sixth general election in 17 years, it is pertinent to ask the reasons behind democracy’s failure in the co...
Thu, Oct 10, 2002Military fact, mostly fictionSubscriber Only
October 09, 2002 00:00 IST
As Pakistanis vote in their sixth general election in 17 years, it is pertinent to ask the reasons behind democracy's failure in the country...
Wed, Oct 09, 2002Case of the open-and-shut electionSubscriber Only
October 02, 2002 00:00 IST
General Pervez Musharraf wants international observers monitoring the October 10 parliamentary elections to avoid making comments about the ...
Wed, Oct 02, 2002After the U-turn, on the turning away?Subscriber Only
September 25, 2002 00:00 IST
One year has passed since General Pervez Musharraf abandoned Afghanistan’s Taliban, disavowed state sponsorship for Islamic militancy a...
Wed, Sep 25, 2002Trouble twins for the General, called Bhutto and SharifSubscriber Only
September 04, 2002 00:00 IST
The rapprochement between Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif has reached a stage where it could significantly alter the course of Pakistani pol...
Wed, Sep 04, 2002One election US needs to observeSubscriber Only
August 23, 2002 00:00 IST
General Pervez Musharraf has finally settled on 29 arbitrary amendments to Pakistan’s constitution that give him sweeping powers. Almos...
Fri, Aug 23, 2002Journalism of Courage
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