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Consequences
Every action has consequences. What are the implications of the US's strong stand against those who perpetrated the events of September 11 and those who shelter them? What are the implications of both posturing and of military action? What precedents do they set for other countries that face armed insurgents? What price must we pay in surrendered freedoms for increased security? Where will this conflict unfold given that it cannot be fought in a conventional battlefield? How will regional configurations be transformed? How will the international system be transformed?
For Central Asia and the Caucasus
Terrorism and the Caucasus: Russia into Georgia? by Zeyno Baran, Georgia Update, Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 26, 2001.
For South Asia
India, Pakistan must convert tragedy into opportunity, Shahid Javed Burki, Outlook India, October 15, 2001.
Army gets a liberal look by Kamran Khan, The News, October 9, 2001.
Anxious days in Pakistan, New York Times editorial, October 9, 2001.
After Afghanistan, guess who is next? Farhatullah Babar, The Frontier Post, October 11, 2001.
Address Kashmir's alienation, Editorial, The Hindu, October 12, 2001.
India, Pak must resume dialogue, By Mubashir Hasan, Kashmir Times, October 28, 2001.
The Wakeup Call: What does the coming “war” against terrorism mean for South Asia?, By Marcus Moench, Himal South Asian, October 2001.
The Dancing Elephant before the American Eagle, By C.K. Lal, Himal South Asian, October 2001.
Into Pakistan's maelstrom, by Tariq Ali, The Guardian, October 10, 2001.
For civil rights and liberties
Being Watched: A Cautionary Tale for a New Age of Surveillance, by Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times, October 7, 2001.
Why fear national ID cards? by Alan Dershowitz, New York Times, October 13, 2001.
A kinder TADA? Take a look, by Pamela Philipose, Indian Express, October 23, 2001.
Indefinite internment for terrorist suspects, by Richard Ford and Melissa Kite, The Times, November 12, 2001.
Legislating a police state By Neena Vyas, The Hindu, November 4, 2001.
For the flow of information
A 'Netwar' Clash, By David Ignatius, Washington Post, October 7, 2001.
For the flow (and consumption) of natural resources
Now do we get serious about oil? by Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, October 11, 2001.
Reassessing America's way of life, by Holly Yeager, Financial Times, October 12 2001.
Why the West must kick its oil habit, by Andrew Oswald, The Times, October 13, 2001.
For the nature of war
Will the new war be different? by Rasul Baksh Rais, The News, October 13, 2001.
For the international system and its relationships
Mr. Bush's new world, by Anthony Lewis, New York Times, October 13, 2001.
Re-mapping the globe, by Aijaz Ahmed, Frontline, Volume 18 - Issue 22, Oct. 27 - Nov. 09, 2001.
The displacement of people
Other consequences and assessments
Where are you, Mrs. Miniver? by Maureen Dowd, New York Times, October 11, 2001.
Bombs, Blow-back And The Future, by Tariq Ali, Outlook India, October 8, 2001.
What you don’t see on TV: how Washington is striking at suspects, by Richard Serrano, Indian Express, October 16, 2001.
Eyes Wide Shut, by Abheek Barman, Times of India, October 15, 2001.
Say it loud: no more support until Israel agrees to pull out, by Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, October 24, 2001.
Genocide or peace, by George Monbiot, The Guardian, October 2, 2001.
Afghanistan as Vietnam, by R.W. Apple, Jr., New York Times, October 31, 2001.
Who now are Britain's guilty men? by Paul Foot, The Guardian, October 30, 2001.
We know terrorism, by Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Washington Post, November 7, 2001.
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