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Pointing guns and stroking backs

01.27.2012 · Posted in Public Policy

The implications of Pakistan’s power triangle Those who follow Pakistan are familiar with the metaphor that describes that country as “negotiating with a gun to its own head.” Here’s an update: it’s now run by three power centres—the military establishment, the higher judiciary and the civilian government—, where one holds a gun to the another’s ...