Friday, April 17, 2009

The port of Gwadar could be the next Dubai. Or it could be a deadly ethnic flash point in the most dangerous country on Earth

Pakistan’s Fatal Shore
The port of Gwadar could be the next Dubai. Or it could be a deadly ethnic flash point in the most dangerous country on EarthWith its “Islamic” nuclear bomb, Taliban- and al-Qaeda-infested borderlands, dysfunctional cities, and feuding ethnic groups, Pakistan may well be the world’s most dangerous country, a nuclear Yugoslavia-in-the-making. One key to its fate is the future of Gwadar, a strategic port whose development will either unlock the riches of Central Asia, or plunge Pakistan into a savage, and potentially terminal, civil war.
by Robert D. Kaplan

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