Fatal Friendships
In: Index on censorship, Volume 31, Issue 4, p. 181-184
ISSN: 1746-6067
FOUR DECADES AND FOUR DICTATORS LATER, PAKISTAN'S STABILITY, AS WELL AS THE SURVIVAL OF ITS LATEST MILITARY RULER, HAVE BECOME CONTINGENT ON US SUPPORT
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In: Index on censorship, Volume 31, Issue 4, p. 181-184
ISSN: 1746-6067
FOUR DECADES AND FOUR DICTATORS LATER, PAKISTAN'S STABILITY, AS WELL AS THE SURVIVAL OF ITS LATEST MILITARY RULER, HAVE BECOME CONTINGENT ON US SUPPORT
In: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Volume 58, Issue 5, p. 26-27
In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Volume 58, Issue 5, p. 26-27
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: The bulletin of the atomic scientists: a magazine of science and public affairs, Volume 58, Issue 5, p. 24-27
ISSN: 0096-3402, 0096-5243, 0742-3829
In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Volume 49, Issue 5, p. 42-49
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: The bulletin of the atomic scientists: a magazine of science and public affairs, Volume 49, Issue 5, p. 42-49
ISSN: 0096-3402, 0096-5243, 0742-3829
In: Middle East quarterly, Volume 17, Issue 1, p. 69-74
ISSN: 1073-9467
A leading Pakistani nuclear physicist explores Islam's disengagement from science & knowledge creation. Topics include the role of the ulema & Islamism in impeding innovation, the power of the mullahs, the Islamist-science relationship, the mindset of South Asian scientists, the ongoing battle against South Asian irrationality despite the development of nuclear weapons, the need for educational reform, the need to separate science from religion, religious education's bias against science, madrasa reform efforts, problems with the quality of Muslim scholarly publications, & the clash between moderate & literalist Islam & the role of the Taliban. Adapted from the source document.
In: The bulletin of the atomic scientists: a magazine of science and public affairs, Volume 49, Issue 5, p. 42-49
ISSN: 0096-3402, 0096-5243, 0742-3829
World Affairs Online
In: International affairs, Volume 90, Issue 5, p. 1125-1142
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: International affairs, Volume 90, Issue 5, p. 1125-1142
ISSN: 0020-5850
In the four decades since Pakistan launched its nuclear weapons program, and especially in the fifteen years since the nuclear tests of 1998, a way of thinking and a related set of feelings about the bomb have taken hold among policy-makers and the public in Pakistan. These include the ideas that the bomb can ensure Pakistan's security; resolve the long-standing dispute with India over Kashmir in Pakistan's favour; help create a new national spirit; establish Pakistan as a leader among Islamic countries; and usher in a new stage in Pakistan's economic development. None of these hopes has come to pass, and in many ways Pakistan is much worse off than before it went nuclear. Yet the feelings about the bomb remain strong and it is these feelings that will have to be examined critically and be set aside if Pakistan is to move towards nuclear restraint and nuclear disarmament. This will require a measure of stability in a country beset by multiple insurgencies, the emergence of a peace movement able to launch a national debate on foreign policy and nuclear weapons, and greater international concern regarding the outcomes of nuclear arms racing in South Asia. (International Affairs (Oxford) / SWP)
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In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Volume 54, Issue 5, p. 20-21
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: The bulletin of the atomic scientists: a magazine of science and public affairs, Volume 54, Issue 5, p. 18
ISSN: 0096-3402, 0096-5243, 0742-3829
In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Volume 52, Issue 4, p. 41-44
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: The bulletin of the atomic scientists: a magazine of science and public affairs, Volume 52, Issue 4, p. 41-44
ISSN: 0096-3402, 0096-5243, 0742-3829
In: Naqd: revue d'études et de critique sociale, Volume 32, Issue 1, p. 57-74
Le monde de l'Islam est en flammes. Le Pakistan, l'Afghanistan, l'Irak, la Syrie, le Yémen, la Libye, l'Égypte et d'autres pays sont en plein tourment. D'abord salué come une nouvelle ère, le Printemps arabe est retombé dans la noirceur. Le conflit sectaire entre les sunnites et les chiites alimenté par les ambitions politiques de l'Iran et de l'Arabie saoudite, sacrifie quotidiennement plus de vies humaines que n'importe quel autre conflit sur terre. L'inévitabilité du conflit provient d'une certaine et nouvelle attitude qui repose à la base sur l'insistance, relativement récente et partagée également par les chiites et les sunnites, mise sur la nécessité d'une fusion entre la religion et le pouvoir politique. Des fractions importantes des deux communautés demandent aujourd'hui que le pouvoir aille Au-delà de la simple considération de la relation individuelle avec Dieu. Toutes deux déclarent qu'une vraie justice n'est possible qu'avec le remplacement de la loi civique par la loi religieuse et l'entrée en vigueur des pratiques religieuses dans la société. Les deux courants voient dans l'Occident laïque, leur ennemi mortel. Mais là s'arrête leur entente. Leurs visions sont irréconciliables sur l'histoire des premiers temps de l'Islam, et sur les choix de modèles. Ils ne s'accordent pleinement que sur le Coran.