state collapse
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On Breakup Fantasies and Basic Geopolitical Decency
X.T.M distinguishes criticising a state from fantasising about its breakup. He argues that states fracture when weak institutions meet sustained external pressure, cites 1971 and the Arab Spring, and says…
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Germany Is Rearming. Japan Is Shifting. And Desis Are Arguing Like Teenagers.
X.T.M defends editing crude comments, saying BP should allow sharp critique without sneering. He argues that Pakistan is fragile but not collapsing, since China will not let it fail, that…
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Pakistan Is Not Yugoslavia
X.T.M argues that Pakistan is not a Yugoslavia-in-waiting. He says a state built around permanent vulnerability tends to centralise and adapt, that 1971 taught that disintegration brings catastrophe, and that…
