Pakistan's Democracy Derailed

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Partner:: USF Center for the Pacific Rim
Location:: USF Center for the Pacific Rim
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 03.05.08
Speakers:: Ahmad Faruqui,; Patrick Lloyd Hatcher
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Summary: Pakistan's Democracy Derailed a conversation with Ahmad Faruqui.

Will Pakistan implode, taking with it nuclear armed missiles? This time there is no search for weapons of mass destruction Iraq style. In this case they have been tested, then hidden. Pakistan's leader at the time of the 1947 partition with India hoped for a secular democracy.

Instead we find a military dictatorship with an out-of-control intelligence service that U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson used to arm Afghan 'freedom fighters' that included the Taliban. Along with its ally al-Qaeda, the Taliban has regrouped in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier. With the recent assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the chance of President Musharraf staying in power, even out of Army uniform, is not good.

Does democracy stand a chance? If not, what does this mean for U.S. policy toward this critical ally in South Asia? - USF Center for the Pacific Rim

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Ahmad Faruqui

Ahmad Furuqui holds a B.A. and M.A. in economics from the University of Karachi and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California Davis, where he has taught. His books include Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan (2003) and the forthcoming Musharraf's Pakistan, Bush's America, and the Great Middle East.

Patrick Lloyd Hatcher

Patrick Lloyd Hatcher is a professor at the University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim and formerly a Kiriyama Fellow, Center for the Pacific Rim for Spring 2001. A military historian by profession, Hatcher taught in both the history and political science departments at the University of California at Berkeley prior to his retirement. One of Cal's most sought after guest speakers, he was honored with the MacArthur Award from the Institute of International Studies at Cal in 1987 and was the recipient of the UC Berkeley Instructor of the Year Award in 1988. Patrick Hatcher received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to embarking on an academic career, he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. From 1996 to 1999 Hatcher served as a judge for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize and in 1999 he chaired the panel of nonfiction judges. He has taught at other Bay Area institutions, including St. Mary�s College, UC Davis, and Golden Gate University.