Pakistan has been trying to internationalise Kashmir for 60 years without success. If they couldn't do it when India was politically and economically weak with no say in world affairs, what makes them think they'll succeed when India is on the up and up and Pakistan is, by all accounts, on the way down?
‘Taliban’ – this “James Joyce-style portmanteau word” as defined so pithily by Pepe Escobar
But Taliban is not a portmanteau word. It's a pashto word, meaning students, and the plural of talib, which means student. A portmanteau is a blend of two (or more) words into a new one. eg: breathalyzer from breath and analyzer.
I don't know about North Korea but India, Israel and Pakistan never signed the NPT, so they can't have violated it.
Pakistan has been trying to internationalise Kashmir for 60 years without success. If they couldn't do it when India was politically and economically weak with no say in world affairs, what makes them think they'll succeed when India is on the up and up and Pakistan is, by all accounts, on the way down?
‘Taliban’ – this “James Joyce-style portmanteau word” as defined so pithily by Pepe Escobar
But Taliban is not a portmanteau word. It's a pashto word, meaning students, and the plural of talib, which means student. A portmanteau is a blend of two (or more) words into a new one. eg: breathalyzer from breath and analyzer.