Books on Democracy and Liberty
On the road I’ve re-read Carl Schmitt’s most interesting challenge to liberalism, The Concept of the Political, which will be discussed at a conference I’m organizing in France later this…
Month: June 2009
Some Kabul scenes
I’m careful when driving not to photograph any military people (they tend not to like it) and I’ve not been in many places where I could just stop and snap…
Kabul University
With Professor Nasrullah Stanakzai after our presentations to his law class at Kabul University Faculty of Law I had some great meetings with the deans of law and political science…
Islamabad – Kabul
Waiting in the Benazir Bhutto Airport in Islamabad for my delayed flight to Afghanistan…… Not much to eat, but the tea is good! (And, of course, the traditional Punjabi Pringles.)…
Free Trade and Peace: The Case of Pakistan and India
I got a little example of what Vijay Dandapani describes: a very short flight from Delhi (maybe half an hour) to Pakistan took me more than 11 hours, via Dubai.
Meetings in Pakistan
I had some great meetings today with a very high-powered group of Pakistani academics and intellectuals. We discussed public opinion and the formation of “intellectual capital” for free and prosperous…
South Asian Liberalism
My lecture in New Delhi, with commentators Barun Mitra, Swaminathan S. Aiyar, and Parth Shah I had some really great meetings with some of Atlas’s partners in India. In addition…
Join the Freedom to Trade Campaign
It’s easy if you’re on Facebook: Go to your Facebook page and search for Freedom to Trade: Say No to Protectionism We’re up to 2,426 members just through word of…