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S02 E05 - Aqil Shah On Drones, Nationalism & The Public Discourse


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University of Oklahoma professor Aqil Shah is the author of "The Army & Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan", and more recently of a Washington Post oped titled, "Drone blowback in Pakistan is a myth. Here's why". Three days after his oped was published, Taliban leader Mullah Mansour Akhtar was killed in a drone attack in Pakistan. The drone debate is open again.
Fasi and Mosharraf talk to Dr. Shah about his research on drone strikes, the concept of nationalism, the quality of public discourse, and in true How to Pakistan tradition, identity. Join us!
"Drone blowback in Pakistan is a myth. Here's why." - by Aqil Shah, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/05/17/drone-blow-back-in-pakistan-is-a-myth-heres-why/
"The Army & Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan" - by Aqil Shah, Harvard University Press
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674728936
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How to PakistanBy Mosharraf Zaidi and Fasi Zaka