11/13 A republic cannot survive if the people who fight its wars lose faith in the decisions that send us there. And right now, that faith is cracking. The anger is real. The fracture is real. #CivilMilitaryRelations #NationalSecurity

The Spectacle and the Sacred Valor as a Political Prop

Valor is sacred. Politics is transactional. When the Medal of Honor is staged as content, the institution becomes part of the production. “The Spectacle and the Sacred” is live: napoleonscorporal.substack.com/p/the-specta...

#MedalOfHonor #CivilMilitaryRelations #NatSec #Leadership

Pakistan: Where top military officers become entrepreneurs under institutional patronage - Yes Punjab News Report highlights Pakistan Army casualties, internal pay concerns, and military’s deep economic influence in governance.

Pakistan: Where top military officers become entrepreneurs under institutional patronage yespunjab.com?p=218716

#PakistanArmy #AfghanistanBorder #CounterInsurgency #CivilMilitaryRelations #AyeshaSiddiqa #MilitaryInc #Milbus #AsimMunir #ShahbazSharif #WorldEconomicForum #SouthAsia #Geopolitics

Pitfalls in Political Warship Designs | Center for International Maritime Security By Steve Wills “When leaders design warships the results are often mixed.” Leaders throughout history, going back at least to the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut, have commissioned the building of great f...

"Pitfalls in Political Warship Designs", by Steve Wills

#NavalHistory #CivilMilitaryRelations #SeaPower

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The Crisis in Venezuela 2026: Power, People, and Peril - Stratheia Maduro’s capture exposes Venezuela’s institutional collapse, foreign intervention, and the deep crisis of sovereignty and survival.

Venezuela’s military failed to protect its own leader yet remains central to any transition. A weakened pillar still holds the state together.
#CivilMilitaryRelations #Venezuela #UnitedStates
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From controlled checkpoints to abandoned state buildings, the image reflects how military dominance interacts with politics and resistance.
By Yousuf Nazar

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#civilmilitaryrelations #Military #ethnicconflict #Governance #Egypt #Myanmar #Pakistan

Military Power, Politics, And Ethnicity In Egypt, Myanmar, And Pakistan Military power may seize the state, but its sustainability depends on how societies marked by diversity, youth, and resistance respond to unchecked dominance

Military presence embedded within society highlights hybrid rule and ethnic tensions across Pakistan, Egypt, and Myanmar.”
By Yousuf Nazar

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#civilmilitaryrelations #Military #postcolonialstates #ethnicconflict #Governance #Egypt #Myanmar #Pakistan

Tracing the nation’s journey from lost leaders to hybrid regimes, highlighting how politicians surrendered power and failed the Quaid’s vision.
By Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

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#PakistanPolitics #civilmilitaryrelations #democracy #quaideazam #politics

A Silent Conversation With Quaid: Pakistan’s Lost Democracy And Broken Promise Dear Quaid, your successor politicians have resigned themselves to playing second fiddle in the governance of your dreamland

A reflective dialogue with Quaid-e-Azam on Pakistan’s political turmoil, civil–military dominance, and the repeated failure of democratic leadership.
By Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

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#PakistanPolitics #civilmilitaryrelations #democracy #quaideazam

The Pentagon Takes Over Stars and Stripes How Quiet Deregulation Turned an Independent Military Newspaper into a Propaganda Risk

The Pentagon stripped Stars and Stripes of its editorial independence. That matters because it is read primarily by deployed service members without access to other news sources.

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#PressFreedom #RuleOfLaw #CivilMilitaryRelations #NationalSecurity

More Democrat reps involved in ‘refuse illegal orders’ video report receiving inquiry from US attorney
#PoliticalIntimidation #CivilMilitaryRelations #FreeSpeech
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Chapter Review - Military Governance, Economic Development, and Democratization in Pakistan - Stratheia Zaidi challenges the myth that military rule ensures growth, exposing aid-driven booms and democracy’s structural constraints in Pakistan.

Military regimes create economic bubbles; civilian governments inherit the crashes.
#CivilMilitaryRelations #EconomicCycles #Governance
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Musharraf’s US tour revealed a leader obsessed with image, sustained by foreign backing, and detached from accountability at home.
By Ahmad Faruqui

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#PakistanPolitics #MusharrafEra #CivilMilitaryRelations #WarOnTerror #PoliticalHistory #Accountability

Impressions Of President Musharraf From His 2003 Visit To Los Angeles The dinner at the Beverly Hotel featured a dramatic entrance with US honor guards, but the delayed arrival and lack of engagement left the diaspora restless

From global isolation after Kargil to red-carpet treatment in Washington, Musharraf’s rise and fall mirrored Pakistan’s dependence on power politics.
By Ahmad Faruqui

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#PakistanPolitics #Musharraf #CivilMilitaryRelations #WarOnTerror #PoliticalHistory

Chapter Review - Pakistan’s Share of the Spoils - Stratheia Pakistan’s independence marked the start of a struggle for survival, shaped by Partition’s crises, weak institutions, and uneven power.

Emergency centralization after 1947 strengthened bureaucracy and military power, shaping Pakistan’s long-term political trajectory.
#CivilMilitaryRelations #Centralization #PoliticalHistory
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متعلقہ ذرائع کا کہنا ہے کہ وزیرِاعظم شہباز شریف کو تبدیل کرنے کیلئے مبینہ طور پر کسی ’’ونڈر بوائے‘‘ کو تلاش نہیں کیا جا رہا۔

#CivilMilitaryRelations #PrimeMinisterLeadership #FieldMarshalCoordination #PakistanMatters

New book in the Studies in Civil-Military Relations series!

Order Procuring Victory by @jwendt001.bsky.social and get 50% off with code: 24NEWYEAR50: kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640850/. Hurry, the sale ends on January 8th!

#militaryhistory #CivilMilitaryRelations #militarystudies #upkansas

Pakistan’s early democracy was undermined not by law, but by bureaucrats and generals assuming real power behind the scenes.
#PakistanPolitics #CivilMilitaryRelations #DemocraticErosion
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2025: As Pakistan Sank, Its Army Flexed Its Muscles - IndiaWest News 2025: As Pakistan Sank, Its Army Flexed Its Muscles.

2025: As Pakistan Sank, Its Army Flexed Its Muscles

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#2025AsPakistanSankItsArmyFlexedItsMuscles #PakistanArmy #AsimMunir #IndiaPakistanTensions #MilitaryPower #CivilMilitaryRelations #RegionalConflict

Populism, Cult Politics, And The Failure Of Promised Revolutions In Pakistan Pakistan’s deepening polarisation reflects a history of populist demagoguery, cult politics, weak institutions, and unfulfilled promises that repeatedly derail

Lack of preparation and poor governance turned promises into failure, yet cult-like loyalty to the leader persisted despite disappointment.
By Raashid Wali Janjua

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#PakistanPolitics #political #polarisation #populism #civilmilitaryrelations #democratic

When power shifts slogans change allies turn enemies and good cops become bad exposing the cyclical hypocrisy of Pakistani politics
By Jawad Ali Satti

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#PakistanPolitics #CivilMilitaryRelations #Democracy #InstitutionalCrisis #PoliticalHistory #Politics

Pakistan’s Political Landscape: Civil-Military Dynamics And Shifting Power Roles Pakistan’s politics remain trapped in civil–military power struggles, where “good cop, bad cop” dynamics overshadow democratic principles

In Pakistan today good cop or bad cop is defined by political convenience not principles leaving institutions weaker and democracy fragile.
By Jawad Ali Satti

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#PakistanPolitics #CivilMilitaryRelations #Democracy #InstitutionalCrisis #PoliticalCulture

وزیراعلیٰ خیبر پختونخوا سہیل آفریدی نےکہا ہےکہ وہ اسٹیبلشمنٹ کے ساتھ صوبائی معاملات پر بات چیت اور تعلقات بہتر کرنے کے لیے تیار ہیں۔

#SohailAfridi #PoliticalDialogue #CivilMilitaryRelations #NationalStability #PakistanMatters

Chapter Review - Military, Civil Society and Democratisation in Pakistan - Stratheia Why democracy falters in Pakistan: Zaidi traces the problem to praetorian power structures, not culture or leadership failure.

Praetorianism in Pakistan is not a deviation—it is the system, operating under both civilian and military rule.
#PraetorianState #CivilMilitaryRelations #Pakistan
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By creating a COAS-CDF role Article 243 transforms command structures while sidelining civilian oversight and redefining how modern war is governed.
By Dr. Salma Shaheen

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#CivilMilitaryRelations #Article243 #PakistanPolitics #ModernWarfare #Civilian

Pakistan’s Article 243: Centralising Military Command And Modernising Strategy Pakistan’s new Article 243 centralises military power under COAS-CDF, reducing civilian oversight and reshaping modern warfare strategy

The rewriting of Article 243 centralises military power reshaping civil-military relations and raising urgent questions about oversight strategy and democracy.
By Dr. Salma Shaheen

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#CivilMilitaryRelations #Article243 #DefenceReforms #PakistanPolitics

More than 50 years on, the 1971 report remains a damning reminder of how power, denial, and injustice tore Pakistan apart from within.
By Ahmad Faruqui

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#HamoodurRehmanCommission #1971Tragedy #PakistanHistory #CivilMilitaryRelations #December16 #History

Why Both Generals And Politicians Are To Blame For The 1971 Tragedy A damning conclusion of the report was that senior officers had abandoned the art of soldiering to master the art of politics, amassing wealth while

The Hamoodur Rehman Commission exposed how military rule, moral decay, and political collusion led to Pakistan’s gravest national rupture in 1971.
By Ahmad Faruqui

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Dec-2025/...

#HamoodurRehmanCommission #1971Tragedy #PakistanHistory #CivilMilitaryRelations

Rise and fall of former ISI chief encapsulate structural tensions at heart of Pakistan’s civil–military order: Report - Yes Punjab News Former ISI chief Faiz Hameed’s conviction highlights shifting civil–military dynamics in Pakistan after Imran Khan’s ouster.

Rise and fall of former ISI chief encapsulate structural tensions at heart of Pakistan’s civil–military order: Report yespunjab.com?p=198872

#PakistanPolitics #CivilMilitaryRelations #FaizHameed #ISI #ImranKhan #PakistanArmy #PoliticalAnalysis #SouthAsia #GovernanceCrisis #PakistanNews

History warns: over-reliance on power and weak institutions threaten national survival and the well-being of 240 million citizens.
By Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/18-Dec-2025/...

#PakistanCrisis #Democracy #Pakistan #civilmilitaryrelations #RuleOfLaw #pakistanpolitics