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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; Pakistan</title>
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		<title>Pakistan: Extremists against Extremism?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/20/pakistan-extremists-against-extremism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/20/pakistan-extremists-against-extremism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Polling by the Pew Global Attitudes Project show that Pakistani attitudes are shifting.  They are far more worried about extremism, and feel less positive about al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Seventy percent have an unfavorable view of the Taliban, vs. 33% in 2008.  On al Qaeda, 61% now hold unfavorable views, compared to 34% [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Armageddon in Islamabad&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/27/armageddon-in-islamabad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/27/armageddon-in-islamabad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Sunni extremist takeover of Pakistan would be an immense threat to the US and hard to counter, Bruce Reidel writes in The National Interest.
Such a takeover
would create the greatest threat the United States has yet to face in its war on terror. Pakistan as an Islamic-extremist safe haven would bolster al-Qaeda’s capabilities tenfold. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eyeing Pakistan&#8217;s Nukes</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/02/eyeing-pakistans-nukes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/02/eyeing-pakistans-nukes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Qaeda has been unusually clear about its interest in nuclear weapons, and in particular those held by Pakistan, recently.
On June 21st, al Qaeda&#8217;s leader in Afghanistan said this about Pakistan&#8217;s arsenal: &#8220;God willing, the nuclear weapons will not fall into the hands of the Americans and the mujahideen would take them and use them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Revolution in Pakistan?</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/19/social-revolution-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/19/social-revolution-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The New York Times reported this week on another potential driver of instability in Pakistan: the Taliban are harnessing the country&#8217;s severe social inequities to advance their Islamist cause.
Given that Pakistan is &#8220;largely feudal,&#8221; the authors write, this &#8220;carries broad dangers for the rest of Pakistan, particularly the militants’ main goal, the populous heartland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reminders from Mumbai</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/30/reminders-from-mumbai/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/30/reminders-from-mumbai/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-determination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The terrorist atrocities in Mumbai this week serve as another reminder of two fundamental issues for India:

India&#8217;s future will always be imperiled as long as relations with Pakistan remain on a hair-trigger.  The terrorist group that attacked the city may have no official ties to Pakistan, yet still managed to raise tensions between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: another threat to stability</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/13/pakistan-another-threat-to-stability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/13/pakistan-another-threat-to-stability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Benazir Bhutto&#8217;s assassination is straining ties between Pakistan&#8217;s ethnic groups, the Washington Post reports.
Comprised of four ethnicity-based provinces, Pakistan&#8217;s stability was already threatened by restiveness in Baluchistan and among the Pashtun of the North-West Frontier Province.  Now Sindh, Bhutto&#8217;s homeland, may be added to the list, as Sindhis turn against the Punjabi-dominated military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: stability after Bhutto</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/30/pakistan-stability-after-bhutto/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/30/pakistan-stability-after-bhutto/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gareth Evans of the International Crisis Group put summarized the impact of Bhutto&#8217;s assassination succinctly: &#8220;Prospects for democracy and stability in Pakistan are much dimmer without her.&#8221;
As for future directions, new data from Pew offers mixed messages:

Support for terrorism has plummeted, with only 9% of Pakistanis saying that suicide attacks against civilians are justified.
On the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: the variables</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/30/pakistan-the-variables/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/30/pakistan-the-variables/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month The Atlantic examined Pakistan&#8217;s direction in light of ongoing political turmoil.
Author Joshua Hammer mentions the &#8220;nightmare scenario&#8221;&#8211;which Pakistan seems to inspire regularly:
an Islamic revolution in Pakistan. A tide of anti-American sentiment, some analysts fear, could bring to power Islamists, who would give free rein to the Taliban, spread nuclear technology to rogue states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: a &#8220;deteriorating&#8221; situation</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/30/afghanistan-a-deteriorating-situation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/30/afghanistan-a-deteriorating-situation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Post reported last week that American intelligence analysts are worried about a &#8220;looming strategic failure.&#8221;
Intelligence analysts acknowledge the battlefield victories, but they highlight the Taliban&#8217;s unchallenged expansion into new territory, an increase in opium poppy cultivation and the weakness of the government of President Hamid Karzai as signs that the war effort is deteriorating.
US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan: &#8220;the nightmare scenario&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/30/pakistan-the-nightmare-scenario/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/10/30/pakistan-the-nightmare-scenario/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent New York Times article, many in the US intelligence community &#8220;believe that Pakistan, not Iraq, is the place Mr. Bush should consider the &#8216;central front&#8217; in the battle against terrorism,&#8221; as it threatens &#8220;political meltdown in the one country where Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and nuclear weapons are all in play.&#8221;
The [...]]]></description>
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