https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/11/israel-free-speech-and-oxford-union.html?showComment=1216178820000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Israel, free speech, and the Oxford Union
Avi Shlaim Mirrored here with the author's permission from Alternet . Israel is often portrayed by its supporters as an island of democracy...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/11/live-blogging-emergency-military-morale.html?showComment=1216179840000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Live-Blogging the Emergency: Military Morale
Islamabad -- A major reason for the declaration of emergency is the catastrophic loss of morale among the Pakistani army and police. Musha...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/08/agency.html?showComment=1219125720000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Agency
Pakistan is in dire straits. It is a nation at a crossroads. Extremism is around the corner. The politicians are corrupt. The nukes could en...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/11/memo-to-media-supporting-musharraf-is.html?showComment=1643036991901
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Memo to Media: Supporting Musharraf is NOT Realism
Now that I am out of Pakistan, I can watch international news again. (General Musharraf, author of the doctrine of "enlightened moderation,...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2012/08/lebanon-and-syria-crisis.html?showComment=1443111378773
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Lebanon and the Syria Crisis
Originally posted at E-International Relations . Cross-posted at From the Field . With the battle for Aleppo continuing and Syria on a ...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2014/03/visions-of-gulf-security.html?showComment=1718914403121
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Visions of Gulf Security
Courting Fitnah: Saudi responses to the Arab Uprisings MARCH 20, 2014 By Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University * This memo w...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/return-from-herat-wherein-one.html
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Return from Herat: Wherein One Pessoptimist Meets Another
A visitor just left my office: Homa Sorouri, an Afghan woman from Herat who is studying international relations as a Fulbright Scholar at t...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-on-election-rigging-in-pakistan.html?showComment=1199557140000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: More on Election Rigging in Pakistan
UPDATE : I have posted a scanned copy of the PPP's report on election rigging, Another Stain on the Face of Democracy . According to the ...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2014/03/visions-of-gulf-security.html?showComment=1608651635129
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Visions of Gulf Security
Courting Fitnah: Saudi responses to the Arab Uprisings MARCH 20, 2014 By Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University * This memo w...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/07/kuntar.html?showComment=1216320780000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Kuntar
The quality that distinguishes terrorism from violence in general is not merely that it is political, but that it is opprobrious because it ...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/09/cunningham-burma-more-or-less-needs.html?showComment=1723373005175
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Cunningham: Burma More or Less Needs Help
BURMA MORE OR LESS NEEDS HELP BY PHILIP J CUNNINGHAM SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 At first glance, the unfolding crisis in Burma ("Myanmar") offers Am...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/08/agency.html?showComment=1279610238929
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Agency
Pakistan is in dire straits. It is a nation at a crossroads. Extremism is around the corner. The politicians are corrupt. The nukes could en...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/10/rubin-mccains-racism-trifecta.html?showComment=1636617390459
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Rubin: McCain's Racism Trifecta
I can't stop stewing over this attack on Rashid Khalidi. Even the Washington Post editorial board called out the Republicans on this one, ...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/07/pessoptimist-in-istanbul-will-bin-laden.html?showComment=1184424060000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: The Pessoptimist in Istanbul: Will Bin Laden Win?
Today I am in Istanbul in a hotel overlooking the Sea of Marmora. I am here for -- of all things -- a conference on the Durand Line. Of cou...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/benazir-bhutto-interview-to-sky-tv-on.html
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Benazir Bhutto interview on Sky TV
The Pakistani cabinet has endorsed government contacts with exiled Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto . Benazir was prime minist...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/pakistan-editorialists-respond-to-obama.html?showComment=1209624360000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Pakistan Editorialists Respond to Obama, Tancredo
The USG Open Source Center translates Pakistan Editorials Responding to Barack Obama and Tom Tancredo 'Urdu Press Roundup on 'Hostile' State...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/12/musharraf-problem-full-text-from-wsj.html
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: The Musharraf Problem: Full Text from WSJ
With the permission of the Wall Street Journal, I reproduce below my whole article of yesterday on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. I dr...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2014/03/visions-of-gulf-security.html?showComment=1731747077542
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Visions of Gulf Security
Courting Fitnah: Saudi responses to the Arab Uprisings MARCH 20, 2014 By Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University * This memo w...
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https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/post-labor-day-product-rollout-war-with.html?showComment=1222170120000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Post Labor Day Product Rollout: War with Iran (Cross-posted at...
On September 7, 2002, The New York Times White House correspondent Elizabeth Bushmiller treated readers to an explanation of how the Bush ad...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/07/deadly-suicide-blast-near-pakistan-red.html?showComment=1773315256314
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Security Tightened after Deadly suicide blast near Pakistan's Red...
Pakistani authorities in Islamabad, the capital , tightened security in the wake of a suicide bombing near the Red Mosque, targeting police,...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/06/where-have-old-friends-gone-us-turkish.html?showComment=1254424845102
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Where Have Old Friends Gone? U.S.-Turkish Relations Since the...
From the field Video link to the annual Campagna-Kerven lecture at Boston University. The annual lecture is hosted by Boston University an...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/04/rubin-negotiate-with-bitter-pashtuns.html?showComment=1209368460000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Rubin: Negotiate with Bitter Pashtuns who Cling to Religion, Guns
[ In response to comments : Warning! Title and text may contain irony . Read at your own risk. In case of outrage, read links and think i...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/04/rubin-negotiate-with-bitter-pashtuns.html?showComment=1223948580001
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Rubin: Negotiate with Bitter Pashtuns who Cling to Religion, Guns
[ In response to comments : Warning! Title and text may contain irony . Read at your own risk. In case of outrage, read links and think i...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/03/rubin-patriotism-and-war-on-drugs.html
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Rubin: Patriotism and War on Drugs Remain the (Last?) Refuge of...
Gary Kamiya tells it like it is at Salon: Maybe we really are doomed to elect John McCain, remain in Iraq forever and nuke Iran. Nations ...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-cheney-threaten-us-security-dems.html?showComment=1216002000000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Bush-Cheney Threaten U.S. Security: Where's the Accountability?
I know that I am supposed to be writing here as a " highly respected ," " wonky, moderate, and thoroughly analytical " scholar, not just ano...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/post-labor-day-product-rollout-war-with.html?showComment=1221698640000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Post Labor Day Product Rollout: War with Iran (Cross-posted at...
On September 7, 2002, The New York Times White House correspondent Elizabeth Bushmiller treated readers to an explanation of how the Bush ad...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/02/rubin-across-borderline-pashtuns-and.html?showComment=1203962400000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Rubin: Across the Borderline -- Pashtuns and Taliban in Two States
I was delayed in posting several items by some travel. I apologize for the delay and will get them up in the next couple of days. Firs...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/05/rubin-insurgent-attacks-still-up-in.html
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Rubin: Insurgent Attacks Still Up in Afghanistan's East
I've been traveling in Pakistan and Afghanistan for a couple of weeks and have accumulated a backlog of themes to blog about. While traveli...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-cheney-threaten-us-security-dems.html?showComment=1190617380000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Bush-Cheney Threaten U.S. Security: Where's the Accountability?
I know that I am supposed to be writing here as a " highly respected ," " wonky, moderate, and thoroughly analytical " scholar, not just ano...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-cheney-threaten-us-security-dems.html?showComment=1644810230834
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Bush-Cheney Threaten U.S. Security: Where's the Accountability?
I know that I am supposed to be writing here as a " highly respected ," " wonky, moderate, and thoroughly analytical " scholar, not just ano...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-cheney-threaten-us-security-dems.html?showComment=1209622860000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Bush-Cheney Threaten U.S. Security: Where's the Accountability?
I know that I am supposed to be writing here as a " highly respected ," " wonky, moderate, and thoroughly analytical " scholar, not just ano...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2010/03/israel-and-palestine-two-states-for-two.html?showComment=1571911412496
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Israel and Palestine - Two States for Two Peoples: If Not Now,...
[Crossposted with From the Field .] The Boston Study Group on Middle East Peace started its regular meetings in September 2008. Its members ...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2008/06/rubin-counter-insurgency-in-afghanistan.html?showComment=1219108920002
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Rubin: Counter-Insurgency in Afghanistan -- Not a Khost of a...
As I have chronicled in this space, administration apologists such as Ann Marlowe and David Ignatius have been claiming Eastern Afghanistan ...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-cheney-threaten-us-security-dems.html?showComment=1585008630437
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Bush-Cheney Threaten U.S. Security: Where's the Accountability?
I know that I am supposed to be writing here as a " highly respected ," " wonky, moderate, and thoroughly analytical " scholar, not just ano...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/post-labor-day-product-rollout-war-with.html?showComment=1193841000000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Post Labor Day Product Rollout: War with Iran (Cross-posted at...
On September 7, 2002, The New York Times White House correspondent Elizabeth Bushmiller treated readers to an explanation of how the Bush ad...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/pashtun-nationalist-leader-calls-on.html
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Pashtun Nationalist Leader Calls on Afghan Taleban to Renounce...
The USG Open Source Center translates the comments of Pashtun politician Mahmud Khan Achakzai on security in Pakistan and Afghanistan . Pash...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/bush-warns-maliki-corrects-his-nuclear.html?showComment=1556787175536
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Bush Warns Maliki, Corrects his Nuclear Gaffe and Acknowledges...
In his pre-vacation news conference George Bush warned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against relying on Iran. Responding to a question...
https://icga.blogspot.com/2007/08/bush-warns-maliki-corrects-his-nuclear.html?showComment=1217102760000
Informed Comment: Global Affairs: Bush Warns Maliki, Corrects his Nuclear Gaffe and Acknowledges...
In his pre-vacation news conference George Bush warned Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against relying on Iran. Responding to a question...