Pakistani - Historian | October 21, 1943 -
The patchwork political landscape of the Arab world - the client monarchies, degenerated nationalist dictatorships, and the imperial petrol stations known as the Gulf states - was the outcome of an intensive experience of Anglo-French colonialism.
Tariq Ali
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In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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As a candidate, Obama projected himself as a new Reagan, above narrow party politics. He wanted to please all but has ended up annoying many.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board is a long-standing joke, its chairmen replaced with every change of government.
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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Power can shape 'truth,' but not forever.
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A storm swept the world in 1968. It started in Vietnam, then blew across Asia, crossing the sea and the mountains to Europe and beyond. A brutal war waged by the U.S. against a poor southeast Asian country was seen every night on television.
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We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.
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In some ways, the '60s were a reaction to the '50s and the intensity of the Cold War.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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Anthony Powell was the most European of 20th-century British novelists.
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