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- Pakistan's Slow-Motion Coup
Professor Christine Fair warns of a creeping retrenchment by Pakistan's military forces that threatens the country's status as an independent civilian-led democracy. "In the old days, Pakistani generals sent tanks to oust a government," says Dr. Fair. "Now they plant stories in the press and manipulate the legal system."
- Think Again: Intelligence
Director of Studies Paul Pillar makes the case that America's foreign policy screw-ups come from bad leaders, not lousy spies. "On major foreign-policy decisions... intelligence is not the decisive factor," argues Professor Pillar. "The influences that really matter are the ones that leaders bring with them into office: their own strategic sense, the lessons they have drawn from history or personal experience, the imperatives of domestic politics, and their own neuroses."
- Increasing Social Conservatism in the Pakistan Army: What the Data Say
Professor Christine Fair interrogates popular beliefs about Islamization of the Pakistan Army officer corps and the polity from which the army recruits. This study finds that, as recently as 2002, districts that produce army officers are actually more socially liberal and urban than is commonly believed. The essay discusses the implications of the changes in the officer corps and concludes with a call for a robust research agenda on the Pakistan Army.
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