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Global Policy Studies & International Security

Let’s Talk About Kashmir

  When was the last time you read about Kashmir in the newspaper, or heard about it on TV? Perhaps it was years ago. Sadly, the province broken with territorial dispute for more than 60 years is no longer on the radar of the media or world leaders. The issue of Kashmir looms as it […]

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Pakistan: Schools Washed Away

Twenty-one million people. Sixty-two thousand square miles of land. These figures have meant little to the international community, but for Pakistan it means unprecedented destruction which has rolled back its already limited development by years. To put these figures in perspective, the floods in Pakistan have affected an area larger than England and displaced a […]

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Global Policy Studies & International Security

Healing the Masses with a Few Pakistani Rupees

The international sound and fury over the Pakistani floods has died down – and yet, flood victims still face a serious crisis. Most notably, the health crisis associated with the flooding has only recently begun to unfold, and yet the international aid and attention just is not there the way it was in the very […]

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A Pakistani Perspective on the War on Terror

March 12, 2010 was the perfect day to start Spring Break. It was a rare spring day that had the power to lift your spirits. But it only took 45 minutes to change that. March 12, 2010 is the same day that five blasts shook the city of Lahore, Pakistan. That day didn’t seem so […]