UPDATE: In the comment thread, a science journalist living in Pakistan weighs in with additional perspective. In an essential post examining some of the underlying causes of the recent horrendous floods in Pakistan, Judith Curry and Peter Webster note: Most of the response of the climate research community to this catastrophe has focused on the…Continue Reading…
“We are at the beginning of a great storm that is about to sweep the country,” predicts Abduh Rehman, who directs the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He’s not referring to the current Taliban insurgency in Pakistan, but to the madrasas that poor Pakistani families are increasingly relying on to feed and house their children….Continue Reading…
Yesterday, this NYT magazine piece won a National Magazine Award, the magazine industry’s equivalent to the Oscars. What timing.
If Petraeus has his timeline right and things go from bad to unthinkable in Pakistan, choosing between a military dictatorship or the Taliban will be a no-brainer. But it sounds like there’s no guarantee of even having that choice. According to this Fox news report, Patraeus believes that the Pakistani army is” superior” to the…Continue Reading…
Looks like we got ourselves a long-term situation in Pakistan. As Tod Preston points out, among the many challenges confronting the nation””including a growing Taliban insurgency“”one significant problem remains largely undiscussed: its rapidly expanding population. In his post at The New Security Beat, Preston notes that Pakistan’s population nearly quadrupled from 50 million in 1960…Continue Reading…