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Monthly Archives: August 2010
August 31, 2010
ESSAY
Back To School
The anxious emails from students are hitting my in-boxes once again: What time are office hours? Are places in the seminar still available? Where can they get advance copies of the syllabus? I don’t have answers to these questions yet; … Continue reading
August 28, 2010
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The Greening of Godzilla
Watching the colossal and implosive decline of the once mighty green movement to stop global warming has been an educational experience. It’s rare to see so many smart, idealistic and dedicated people look so clueless and fail so completely. From … Continue reading
August 25, 2010
ESSAY
Pakistan is Sinking: Time For Tough Love?
The news from Pakistan remains dire. The flood waters now sweeping toward the Arabian Gulf have been far more devastating and the destruction more widespread than anyone predicted. They have cruelly exposed many of Pakistan’s glaring weaknesses: its corrupt feudal … Continue reading
August 22, 2010
ESSAY
Rajendra Pachauri: Voodoo Scientist and Lone Ranger of Love?
Rajendra Pachauri, the formerly outspoken head of the IPCC, was yanked firmly off the global stage last January after his blustering and insulting attacks on well-founded criticisms of exaggerations and false predictions in the UN’s high profile climate report turned … Continue reading
August 21, 2010
ESSAY
Smart Diplomacy? As Crisis Hits Karachi, Bureaucrats Sideline Star
On my recent lecture tour in Pakistan, I was lucky enough to spend some time in Karachi with Dr. Elizabeth Colton, a 65-year-old ex-journalist who has made her second career in the State Department working on public diplomacy for the … Continue reading
August 17, 2010
ESSAY
Pakistan’s Failed National Strategy
The unremitting spate of bad news from Pakistan continues; rains are still drenching the highlands and the devastation continues to spread down the river valleys. This year’s harvest has been ruined; increasingly, it seems unlikely that farmers will be able … Continue reading
August 15, 2010
ESSAY
Of Women and Donkeys
Some thanks are in order. First and foremost, thanks to Walter for letting me do this. It’s been a treat to get to post here for the past two weeks. If I have any regrets, it’s that I didn’t get … Continue reading
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Writing About “BDS”
For days I have been planning a series of posts on the subject of “BDS,” the anti-Israel boycott/divestment/sanctions “movement.” BDS’s aims include a cultural and academic boycott against Israel, which makes it relatively unique in the history of these types … Continue reading
August 14, 2010
ESSAY
Mead Returns From Summer Break
After two weeks in Pakistan and a week’s vacation I am hoping to return tomorrow to the stately Mead manor in glamorous Queens. A bit sunburned and blistered from some tough scuba duty here in the Cayman Islands, I expect … Continue reading
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Pakistan’s Crisis: It’s More Than The Militants
I am nearing the end of a week’s rest and recuperation at an undisclosed location in the Cayman Islands, but Pakistan’s Summer from Hell is still going strong. Things were tough enough during my stay. On my way in from … Continue reading
August 9, 2010
ESSAY
The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo: How It Does and Does Not Matter
George Kennan says in American Diplomacy that “the national state pattern is not, should not be, and cannot be, a fixed and static thing.” Kennan believed that the general freezing of the map that persisted (excepting two major exogenous shocks) … Continue reading
August 4, 2010
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The Futility of Partitioning Afghanistan
Partition is in the air, it seems. Just as the ICJ was contemplating the legality of Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia, along came the detailed proposal for de facto partition of Afghanistan from Ambassador Robert Blackwill. Walter referenced the … Continue reading
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Via Meadia Goes Platinum
Sometime in the last 24 hours, Via Meadia passed an important milestone: the blog has had more than one million hits. When I started to blog last fall, I had no idea whether these essays would find an audience. I’ve … Continue reading
August 2, 2010
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The Roots of Pakistan’s Rage
It’s been one disaster after another this week in Pakistan. The WikiLeaks documents opened raw wounds in Pakistan’s agonizing relationship with the United States. A plane crash on the outskirts of the capital of Islamabad killed 152 people. UK Prime … Continue reading
August 1, 2010
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A Mosque at Ground Zero(?)
I had not planned on writing another post here at Via Meadia so soon, but Abraham Foxman’s well-meaning but patently incorrect statement about the proposed Islamic Center in downtown Manhattan has me so worked up that I am compelled to … Continue reading
