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Category Archives: Pakistan
The Endgame: The War of All Against All (The Dronification of State Violence, Conclusion)
The Endgame: The War of All Against All (The Dronification of State Violence, Conclusion) “The practice of violence, like all action, changes the world, but the most probable change is to a more violent world” — Hannah Arendt, 1969[1] The … Continue reading
The Dronification of State Violence, Part IV: The Predator
Previous section: The Dronification of State Violence, Part III: The Drone War Paper Trail The Predator “The bar for war had been lowered, the remote-controlled age had begun, and the killer drones became an object of fascination inside the CIA.”—Mark Mazzetti[1] … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, CIA, Hannah Arendt, History of Drones, Pakistan, Special Forces
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The Dronification of State Violence, Part II: Historical Origins
Previous section: Life and Death in the West Wing Historical Origins of the Predator War in Pakistan In this section, we briefly trace the geographic and historical antecedents of the Predator war in Pakistan. The objective is to highlight the institutional … Continue reading
Art collective in Pakistan constructs giant image of child’s face “Not a bug splat”
The piece was installed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, close to Pakistan’s northwest border with Afghanistan, by an art collective that includes Pakistanis, Americans and others associated with the French artist JR. The collective says it produced the work in … Continue reading
The Dronification of State Violence – published
I have just been notified that Critical Asian Studies have published my co-authored paper, “The Dronification of State Violence.” Here’s the abstract: This article explores the shifting methods of U.S. state violence. Building on their earlier work, the authors focus … Continue reading
Information on the American being targeted for drone strike
Details have emerged of the U.S. citizen who has been the focus of recent discussions on whether or not the Obama administration has the legal right to kill him. He is known as Abdullah al-Shami, an Arabic name meaning Abdullah … Continue reading
Understanding Waziristan
AlJazeera has an interactive graphic detailing Pakistan’s North and South Waziristan region HERE–the territorial epicenter of Obama-era drone strikes. What’s missing of course, are the historical geographies of the region – notably British colonialism in the 19th and 20th century… … Continue reading
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Pakistani protestors block NATO supply line
In the wake of last Thursday’s drone strike inside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa–one of Pakistan’s four “settled” provinces–protestors led by Imran Khan have blocked NATO supply traffic. Khan, whose Tehreek-e-Insaf political party runs the provincial government, called on federal officials to take … Continue reading
U.S. drone strike takes place inside of “settled” Pakistan
On Thursday 2st November, a suspected U.S. drone struck a religious seminary that is allegedly linked to the Haqqani network, killing six people. What makes this strike fairly “out of the ordinary” is that it did not take place inside … Continue reading
Diplomatic memos reveal extent of US-Pakistan drone cooperation
Although it is now widely known that the CIA and Pakistan’s ISI have cooperated on the targeting and execution of drone strikes in the tribal areas, the Washington Post has obtained files that detail the explicit nature of this relationship … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Drones, ISI, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Washington Post
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Understanding Empire: Technology, Power, Politics 