Pakistan's Existential Challenge
About Iran, Henry Kissinger once asked whether the Islamic Republic was a country or a cause. About Pakistan, the question is whether it's a country or merely a space. Full Story »
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Posted by Derek Hawkins - May 11, 2009 - 10:44 PM PDT
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Kaizar Campwala - May 14, 2009 - 9:57 AM PDT
I can't tell where Stephens' biggest failure is in this piece—his reduction of all nation states to "causes," "spaces" and "countries," perhaps? Or is it that he's too frustrated to articulate the importance of pluralism in Pakistan's path to "countryhood"? Need I even elaborate on the stupidity of the phrase "Somalia is a space not even pretending to be a country"? An awful story.
I kept asking myself while reading this what a native Pakistani would think of this. I'd welcome some perspective.
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Clearly coming for a conservative perspective, much of what is said in this piece would be grating for many Pakistanis. The answer to "Why Pakistan" is reductivist to the point of being meaningless. However, there's also some truth to the point that Pakistan has a sovereignty problem.
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