M.J. Akbar

Well known Indian journalist M.J. Akbar is the Editor, The Sunday Guardian and Editor, India on Sunday in Britain, editor of Covert, a fortnightly magazine of current affairs, a blogger and the author of many books, most recently Blood Brothers.

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Pakistan's Army Is Impotent

Pakistan authorities couldn’t find Osama bin Laden and they couldn’t respond to the American assault on his compound. M.J. Akbar on why the military’s independence is self-destructive.

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Why the Mosque Scares the Right

There's a cynical reason that people like Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin don't want a mosque built near ground zero, writes M.J. Akbar—it will prove that there's nothing scary about Islam.

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Obama's False Ally

Is the president's Afghanistan timetable about victory there in 2011—or here in 2012? M.J. Akbar on Obama's cynical calculation, and his missed chance to get India fighting on his side.

M.J. Akbar

Mumbai's Dangerous Amnesia

Washington’s response to 9/11 may have been over the top, but it sent the right message. India’s sleepy reaction to the terrorist assault on Mumbai a year ago today is an invitation to another attack, says M.J. Akbar.

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The Great Fallacy of Obama's War

As the president dithers about whether to send 36,000 more troops or 40,000—as if 4,000 will convert potential humiliation into a historic victory—M.J. Akbar explains why the warlords always get the last word.

M.J. Akbar

M.J. Akbar

Pakistan's Army Is Impotent

Why the Mosque Scares the Right

Obama's False Ally

Mumbai's Dangerous Amnesia

The Great Fallacy of Obama's War

How Hillary Won Over India

Holbrooke's Diplomatic Score

Holbrooke's Dangerous Game in Pakistan