Asia Society Live Webcast
Featured speaker is journalist AHMED RASHID, discussing his new book “Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia” with New York University scholar BARNETT RUBIN. Complete program details are available here:
Live Webcast Link
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In conversation with:
Barnett R. Rubin
Director of Studies and Senior Fellow
Center on International Cooperation, New York University
Considered one of the world’s leading experts on the region’s politics, Ahmed Rashid examines the international community’s record of lost opportunities at state-building and failure to address the threats of rising Islamic extremism. While Iraq continues to attract most American media and military might, Mr. Rashid argues that Pakistan and Afghanistan pose a graver threat to global security than the Middle East.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
It should be called:
“The SUCCESS of Nation DESTRUCTION in Pakistan.”
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June 3rd, 2008 at 7:28 pm
6:30 pm would be 11:30pm uk time??
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
We the study circle of Karakorum Students Organization KSO have briefly studied Ahmed’s Last book Taliban and he has brilliantly describe the pros and cons of the Talibanization in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Initially taliban trained by CIA and ISI against USSR now its back fire to US and specially Pakistani ISI crew members.
Karakorum Students Organisation
Karakorum International University Gilgit
Altaf Hussian
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
He is has been very critical of Pakistan.. well who doesn’t do that…
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:15 pm
@altaf
sir, tell us about the political mood of students in your university and region…
on another note…do northern area people want to be with kashmir or pakistan…should kashmir go for independence?
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
kafka
i have spent a few years in that part of the world. young generation there is OK with Pakistan only if Pakistan acknowledges their unique cultural and religious identity and also declares them as a province. older generation is a different story.
June 4th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Checkout the following posts on my blog regarding Baluchistan:
Baluchistan, as I saw it !
http://ale-xpressed.blogspot.com/2008/05/baluchistan-as-i-saw-it.html
Celebrating Youm-e-Takbeer ?
http://ale-xpressed.blogspot.com/2008/05/celebrating-youm-e-takbeer.html
Nuclear Power : The Baloch perspective
http://ale-xpressed.blogspot.com/2008/05/nuclear-power-baloch-perspective.html
My blog and FASTRising blog were blocked for access in Pakistan for this. Later the complete blogspot domain were blocked. Checkout:
http://ale-xpressed.blogspot.com/2008/06/ale-xpressed-blocked-in-pakistan.html
June 4th, 2008 at 1:35 am
ahmed rashid is the darling of many neocons…he is kinda their “house pakistani”, as tariq ali described him once
June 4th, 2008 at 1:36 am
@ale-x: great work…wish you the best
June 4th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Ek Sala General - Interesting Musical with lyrics:
http://ale-xpressed.blogspot.com/2008/06/sala-ek-general.html
June 4th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
@ale
are you involved with fastRising? good job there…!
June 5th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
@ALE: good work on the fastRising thing. Student movement guys/gals should get some graphic designers together and publish some SVG T-Shirt designs (stencils preferrably) ….