Pakistan’s stubborn legacy continues to cast a dark shadow on a wide range of national issues, making needed strategic policy changes problematic in a situation made more complex by the nation rarely so divided.
The security establishment is concerned that ‘strategic challenges and related policy shifts in external relations could have repercussions for the country’. The concerns about fallout of the escalating civil war in Afghanistan including feared influx of refugees and the brewing unease in Pakistan-US ties owing to rising tensions in US and China relations are rising. The ‘geopolitical tensions’ an analyst says, have begun ‘to impact our fragile economy. The IMF programme currently remains in a state of flux.
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New York Times off-lead story Monday by national political correspondent Alexander Burns was headlined, “U.S. Surges, But Politics Hold Firm – Partisanship Immune to Signs of Recovery.” But it may as well have been titled, “What Is Wrong With You Trump Voters?”
Flummoxed by Biden’s stubbornly so-so approval rating and continuing GOP strength, as shown in the 2020 elections, despite Biden’s apparently incredible achievements (like the pork-laden infrastructure bill?) Burns lashed out at Trump and his supporters with DNC-approved insults.
In another age, the events of this season would have been nearly certain to produce a major shift in American politics or at least a meaningful, discernible one.
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The crowd at President Biden’s Independence Day speech from the South Lawn of the White House.Credit.Tom Brenner for The New York Times
The U.S. celebrates its Independence Day
On the day long earmarked as a milestone in the fight against the coronavirus, the White House hosted a celebration of about 1,000 people yesterday to commemorate the July 4 holiday and herald the administration’s progress toward overcoming the pandemic.
Speaking at the event, President Biden compared the nation’s fight for independence with the battle against the coronavirus. “Two hundred and 45 years ago, we declared our independence from a distant king,” he said. “Today, we’re closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus.”
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