Expert’s Proposed Constitutional Remedy for Balochistan
American scholar Selig S. Harrison in his famous book, “In Afghanistan’s Shadow: Baluch Nationalism and Soviet Temptations” published in 1981, said: “A glance at the map quickly explains why...
View ArticleGovt Pushing Baloch Towards Liberation
Recalling the military operation in Balochistan in the early 1970s, he said there were about 5,000 Baloch casualties and according to American scholar Selig Harrison, the number of casualties of the...
View ArticleAhead of Anti-Corruption Day, GFI Reviews the Major Developments of 2012
GFI highlights some of the year's most notable achievements, developments and short-comings in the fight against corruption
View ArticlePakistan Looms as Nuclear Menace
Pakistan may become the world's nuclear pariah state, arming volatile Islamic nations such as Saudi Arabia with nuclear technology transfers, and continuing its support of Islamic militancy – if the...
View ArticleCharity Tied to Terrorist Group Offers Quake Aid
"It is well-known that the infrastructure for the insurgent operations is based in Azad Kashmir [Pakistan-controlled Kashmir], which is the communication base among the militant groups, but the damage...
View ArticleHuman Rights in Islam
The same intractable problem has been created in Afghanistan, according to Selig Harrison, who was the long-time South Asia bureau chief at the Washington Post and is now Director of the Asia Program...
View ArticleObama Gets Tough on Pakistan
Barak Obama's threat to attack al Qaeda in Pakistan has made that country an issue in the presidential campaign. Is it time to get tough with President Pervez Musharraf?
View ArticleBhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to N. Korea, Book Says
Bhatia "is credible on Bhutto. . . . He knew her very well and is a reputable Indian journalist."
View ArticleAnalysts Urge U.S. Policy Shift After Musharraf
Musharraf played the U.S. "like a fiddle," Harrison says. For one thing, he says, the Pakistani leader
View ArticlePakistan’s Economy Worries Experts
"From a U.S. point of view, the political fallout from an economic collapse would be very, very
View ArticleGlobal Financial Crisis Outside U.S.
Selig Harrison, an expert on the region at the Center for International Policy, says further economic deterioration would exacerbate ethnic tensions and undermine already fragile support for the...
View ArticlePakistan Haven For Militants
"They fought in those hills for years and they just couldn't control them," says Selig Harrison, the director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy in Washington.
View ArticleThe President’s Dilemma
“Unless the people force this issue from the grass roots, sources in the Pentagon tell me we’re looking
View ArticlePakistan — why America does what it does
He explicitly calls to “aid the six million Baloch insurgents fighting for independence from Pakistan in the face of growing ISI repression”.
View ArticleCosts of War Website Release
The United States will spend a total of $3.2 to 4 trillion paying for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan according to a new report by scholars with the Eisenhower Research Project, including...
View ArticlePetition Moved in SC to Recover Looted Wealth from Politicians, Bureaucrats
The petitioner made the following respondents
View ArticleMel Goodman, 60s-era CIA Whistleblower, Addresses 200 People at ISU
Mel Goodman, senior analyst at the Center for International Policy and ex-CIA whistleblower, spoke Wednesday evening to a crowd of 200 people
View ArticleIn Big Win for Defense Industry, Obama Rolls Back Limits on Arms Exports
The United States is loosening controls over military exports, in a shift that former U.S. officials and human rights advocates say could make it harder to enforce arms sanctions
View ArticleNew resource has interactive data of U.S. security assistance worldwide
The Center for International Policy launched the Security Assistance Monitor, a new program and web-resource that tracks U.S. military and police assistance and arms sales worldwide
View ArticleTracking U.S. Counterterrorism Money to Dark Places
U.S. taxpayers have been supporting foreign military forces, including ones in countries with dismal human rights records, for decades. Now there's a database documenting it all
View ArticleFixing America’s Aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan
The U.S. needs a more strategic approach in providing assistance to the two troubled countries
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