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Dealing with Davis: Inconsistencies in the US-Pakistan Relationship
by Huma Yusuf
Asia Pacific Bulletin, no. 103 (Washington, DC: East-West Center in Washington, March 28, 2011)
2 pp.
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The nine-week standoff between the United States and Pakistan over the fate of Raymond Davis, an American arrested in Pakistan after shooting two men at a traffic stop, ended on March 16 with his sudden release from jail. Davis was freed under Islamic law, which allows a murderer to receive pardon from the family of his victims on payment of compensation, or "blood money." Religious parties protested the decision, stating that the law had been applied incorrectly to satisfy US demands for Davis' release. Still, media and analysts inside and outside Pakistan have termed the development a "win" for the country. Huma Yusuf discusses how US security interests underpinning US-Pakistan relations, as evidenced in the Davis case, are entrenching ISI's paramount influence in Pakistan further to the great detriment of Pakistan's civilian institutions.

The Asia Pacific Bulletin (APB), produced by the East-West Center in Washington, publishes summaries of Congressional Study Groups, conferences, seminars, and visitor roundtables, as well as short articles and opinion pieces. APB summaries are always two pages or less, designed for the busy professional or policymaker to capture the essence of dialogue and debate on issues of concern in US-Asia relations. For more information on the series, including submission guidelines, visit http://www.eastwestcenter.org/apb

 

 

Related publications:

Bloody Blasphemy: Antagonizing Religious Minorities in Indonesia and Pakistan
by Endy Bayuni
Asia Pacific Bulletin, no. 97 (Washington, DC: East-West Center in Washington, March 2, 2011)

Pakistan's Courts: A Counterterrorism Challenge
by Huma Yusuf
Asia Pacific Bulletin, no. 77 (Washington, DC: East-West Center in Washington, November 1, 2010)

Military Professionalism in Asia: Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives
edited by Muthiah Alagappa
(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001)

 

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