Last updated November 12, 2001 19:54 EST
And now, the war on terrorism
Now the speculation is over. When the US, along with Britain, started bombing Afghanistan on October 7, we had to understand what this war was about, what it was going to be like and most important what its consequences would be across the world. With the air strikes on October 7, the very circumstances that some cautioned against obtain. As the bombing of strategic targets is underway, one has to ask if this response plays into the hands of Osama bin Laden and others? Does it lend further credence to the grievance they use to mobilize support for themselves? Is this a proportionate response? Further, what is the nature of this war, and what does it mean for the international system?
War and the language of politics By Niraja Gopal Jayal . The Hindu, October 7, 2001.
America’s military strategy, From The Economist Global Agenda,October 11, 2001.
Forcing the choice, by Jim Hoagland, Washington Post, October 10, 2001.
War without precedent, by George Will, Washington Post, October 10, 2001.
Fly and the sledgehammer, by Masud Akhtar Shaikh, The News, October 12, 2001.
A different script, by Roula Khalaf and Gerard Baker, Financial Times, October 12 2001.
Russians offer US lessons in Afghan conflict, by Vanora Bennett and Richard Beeston, The Times, October 13 2001
Neck deep, 40,000 feet high, by Shekhar Gupta, Indian Express, October, 13, 2001.
View from the other side: ‘We’re poor, don’t hit us’, by Zeeshan Haider, Indian Express, October 15, 2001.
Recruitment has begun in tribal areas Comment By Rahimullah Yusufzai, The News, October 14, 2001.
The Inescapable World By Anthony Lewis, New York Times, October 20, 2001.
America's pipe dream, by George Monbiot, The Guardian, October 23, 2001.
'Brutality smeared in peanut butter,' by Arundhati Roy, The Guardian, October 23, 2001. Published as War is Peace in Outlook India.
A war... by men, by Kalpana Sharma, The Hindu, October 21, 2001.
Military chief warns of four-year war, By Michael Evans, The Times, October 27 2001.
We Are All Alone, By Thomas Friedman, New York Times, October 26, 2001.
The illusion of just-in-time war, by Philip Stephens, Financial Times, November 1, 2001.
The New War against Terror, by Noam Chomsky, Frontline, November 10-23, 2001.
Guns Won't Win the Afghan War By John J. Mearsheimer, New York Times, November 4, 2001.
The Defectors by Anthony Loyd, New York Times, November 4, 2001
Where do we go from here? by Henry Kissinger, Washington Post, November 6, 2001.
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