APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East articles from July 2004

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East archives from July 2004

PAKISTAN - The Internal Dynamics - The Coming Challenges - Part 7.
July 5, 2004... It looks most likely that President Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, intends to continue controlling the armed forces beyond 2004. He maintains a closely centralised power structure, from which political authority flows. Gen....

PAKISTAN - The Long-Term Prospects.
July 5, 2004... For a long time, successive military rulers in Pakistan have tried to centralise political authority around themselves, in the hope of creating a stable regime. But each time such an experiment has been undertaken, the result has been more...

PAKISTAN - US Support & The Nuclear Issue.
July 5, 2004... Last month the US State Department rejected calls for tighter conditions to be attached to a proposed $3 billion American aid package to Pakistan. Christina Rocca, the assistant secretary of state for South Asian affairs, told a congressional...

PAKISTAN - Role In The War On Terror.
July 5, 2004... Since 9/11, Pakistan has arrested more than 500 terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda and has handed them over to the US. It has arrested hundreds of Taliban militants as well. Most of these and Al-Qaeda terrorists are now held at a heavily-fortified...