2016

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Review of Dark Territory (Cyber war)

Hamid Hussain reviews Fred Kaplan’s Dark Territory, a history of cyber war from the 1983 War Games scare to offensive capabilities, finding it a well-drawn account of a largely classified…

Brown Pundits Archive31 May 20160 comments
Akhtat Mansour, Islamic Wife-beating and Muslims for Trump 5-29-2016

The author uses the drone strike that killed Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor to question Pakistan’s double role as a US ally and Taliban backer, then adds further ‘random thoughts’ on…

Brown Pundits Archive29 May 20160 comments
Random Thoughts 5-19-2016; Asian-Americans, Humanities, Trump..

A new weekly-style post of short comments on stories, opening with Razib Khan’s piece on Asian Americans being used as political props, and a thought on why some left-liberal Asian…

BP Admin Team · opened by Brown Pundits Archive20 May 20160 comments
Asian Americans: Model Minority, POC or just a bad idea?

Quoting Razib Khan’s response to a Quartz piece, the post argues the ‘model minority myth’ framing is selectively applied, then asks why some South Asian American intellectuals insist Asian Americans…

Brown Pundits Archive10 May 20160 comments
Donald Trump Quotes

A list of quoted remarks attributed to Donald Trump, posted without commentary.

Brown Pundits Archive30 April 20160 comments
Book Review: Monsoon War (the war of 1965)

Hamid Hussain reviews Tajindar Shergill and Amarinder Singh’s The Monsoon War, calling it an encyclopedic account of every phase of the 1965 India-Pakistan war, built on Indian and Pakistani sources…

Brown Pundits Archive30 April 20160 comments
The Machete Killers of Bangladesh

Brown Pundits Archive25 April 20160 comments
Iran’s Lasting Influence on India

Brown Pundits Archive25 April 20160 comments
Is it Game Over for the Muslim World?

Brown Pundits Archive25 April 20160 comments
Operation Z to A

Hamid Hussain assesses Pakistan’s Operation Zarb-e-Azb, written at a pessimistic officer’s request, noting that army opinion ranges from declared victory to doubt, and adding tribesmen’s and foreign observers’ views that…

Brown Pundits Archive21 April 20160 comments