Syria doesn’t need “federalism” or “soft state” experiments. These are just blueprints for permanent chaos, militias, foreign meddling, and endless economic collapse.
#Syria #MiddleEast #StateFailure #Federalism #Geopolitics
#Syria #MiddleEast #StateFailure #Federalism #Geopolitics
The Soft State Trap: How Syria’s “Peace” Plans Guarantee Permanent War
Why every proposal for Syrian federalism is actually a blueprint for Lebanese-style paralysis
medium.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Syria doesn’t need “federalism” or “soft state” experiments. These are just blueprints for permanent chaos, militias, foreign meddling, and endless economic collapse.
#Syria #MiddleEast #StateFailure #Federalism #Geopolitics
#Syria #MiddleEast #StateFailure #Federalism #Geopolitics
TLP’s rise shows what happens when the state fuels extremism, then loses the leash—now ordinary citizens pay the price.
By Mubashir Akram
@mkw72.bsky.social
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2025/...
#TLP #Pakistan #religious #extremism #Faizabaddharna #blasphemy #blasphemylaws #statefailure
By Mubashir Akram
@mkw72.bsky.social
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2025/...
#TLP #Pakistan #religious #extremism #Faizabaddharna #blasphemy #blasphemylaws #statefailure
July 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
TLP’s rise shows what happens when the state fuels extremism, then loses the leash—now ordinary citizens pay the price.
By Mubashir Akram
@mkw72.bsky.social
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2025/...
#TLP #Pakistan #religious #extremism #Faizabaddharna #blasphemy #blasphemylaws #statefailure
By Mubashir Akram
@mkw72.bsky.social
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2025/...
#TLP #Pakistan #religious #extremism #Faizabaddharna #blasphemy #blasphemylaws #statefailure
When mobs dictate law and judges face threats, Pakistan teeters on the edge of chaos—caught between faith and fanaticism.
By Mubashir Akram
@mkw72.bsky.social
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2025/...
#TLP #Pakistan #religious #extremism #Faizabaddharna #blasphemy #blasphemylaws #statefailure
By Mubashir Akram
@mkw72.bsky.social
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2025/...
#TLP #Pakistan #religious #extremism #Faizabaddharna #blasphemy #blasphemylaws #statefailure
Continuing Tyranny Of Extremism
TLP thrives on unchecked religious emotion, paralysing cities and courts, while the state watches in silence—faith now weaponised as fanaticism
thefridaytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
When mobs dictate law and judges face threats, Pakistan teeters on the edge of chaos—caught between faith and fanaticism.
By Mubashir Akram
@mkw72.bsky.social
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2025/...
#TLP #Pakistan #religious #extremism #Faizabaddharna #blasphemy #blasphemylaws #statefailure
By Mubashir Akram
@mkw72.bsky.social
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/26-Jul-2025/...
#TLP #Pakistan #religious #extremism #Faizabaddharna #blasphemy #blasphemylaws #statefailure
Texas flood deaths were not natural. They were state killings. NOAA/NWS were gutted to save capital and let the poor die. Climate collapse is not coming. It is now. We need to abolish these neo-colonial systems and rise up.
#FloodSocialism #StateFailure #MutualAid #ClimateClassWar
#FloodSocialism #StateFailure #MutualAid #ClimateClassWar
July 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Texas flood deaths were not natural. They were state killings. NOAA/NWS were gutted to save capital and let the poor die. Climate collapse is not coming. It is now. We need to abolish these neo-colonial systems and rise up.
#FloodSocialism #StateFailure #MutualAid #ClimateClassWar
#FloodSocialism #StateFailure #MutualAid #ClimateClassWar
These Texas flood deaths aren’t accidents they’re by design. Cuts to NOAA & NWS = murder by design. Capital drowns the poor while the rich hide. No reforms.
#StateFailure #MutualAid #ForecastSabotage #NoOneIsComing #DisasterCapitalism #ClassWar #AntiState
www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cut...
#StateFailure #MutualAid #ForecastSabotage #NoOneIsComing #DisasterCapitalism #ClassWar #AntiState
www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cut...
As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service | Common Dreams
"Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season," said one critic.
www.commondreams.org
July 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
These Texas flood deaths aren’t accidents they’re by design. Cuts to NOAA & NWS = murder by design. Capital drowns the poor while the rich hide. No reforms.
#StateFailure #MutualAid #ForecastSabotage #NoOneIsComing #DisasterCapitalism #ClassWar #AntiState
www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cut...
#StateFailure #MutualAid #ForecastSabotage #NoOneIsComing #DisasterCapitalism #ClassWar #AntiState
www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cut...
In trying to understand where the US is going, we could look at the Corruption Perceptions Index or Press Freedoms, or the Human Development Index but the answer is far simpler: the Gini Index. Failed states often have a high GI value. Ours is moving upward quickly. Infer as you will. #statefailure
60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.
Our problem isn't a lack of resources.
Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.
May 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
In trying to understand where the US is going, we could look at the Corruption Perceptions Index or Press Freedoms, or the Human Development Index but the answer is far simpler: the Gini Index. Failed states often have a high GI value. Ours is moving upward quickly. Infer as you will. #statefailure
Kurram bleeds while leaders issue empty promises. Sectarian flames, unchecked violence, and a paralyzed system—who benefits from this chaos? Students worry about admissions while the state fails its people. Will justice ever reach Kurram? #KurramCrisis #StateFailure #StopTheViolence
March 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Kurram bleeds while leaders issue empty promises. Sectarian flames, unchecked violence, and a paralyzed system—who benefits from this chaos? Students worry about admissions while the state fails its people. Will justice ever reach Kurram? #KurramCrisis #StateFailure #StopTheViolence
Another day, another massacre—while the PMLN government and Pak Army sit idle, more Pakistani lives are lost. Their incompetence fuels insurgency, their tyranny silences voices, and their greed bleeds the nation. How many more lives before accountability? #Balochistan #StateFailure
Gunmen kill seven bus passengers in southwest Pakistan
Separatist gunmen shot dead seven passengers on a Lahore-bound bus in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province on Tuesday after forcing them off the vehicle and checking their identity documents, officials said.
www.reuters.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Another day, another massacre—while the PMLN government and Pak Army sit idle, more Pakistani lives are lost. Their incompetence fuels insurgency, their tyranny silences voices, and their greed bleeds the nation. How many more lives before accountability? #Balochistan #StateFailure
Govt admits Kurram conflict is now sectarian—translation: 'We failed, so let’s just uproot innocent villagers instead.' Maybe instead of forcing evacuations, they could try dismantling the militant networks they let thrive? But hey, blaming victims is easier. #Kurram #StateFailure
CM admits Kurram issue has turned into sectarian battle
Residents on Wednesday said they would resist the Kurram administration’s call to evacuate four villages ahead of a planned security operation. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had
announced a securi...
voicepk.net
February 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Govt admits Kurram conflict is now sectarian—translation: 'We failed, so let’s just uproot innocent villagers instead.' Maybe instead of forcing evacuations, they could try dismantling the militant networks they let thrive? But hey, blaming victims is easier. #Kurram #StateFailure
To reprise my role as Capt. Obvious, suppression of the intelligentsia (for want of a better term) is the second checkbox on the failure into fascism devolution. This is how we die. #statefailure #resist
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
To reprise my role as Capt. Obvious, suppression of the intelligentsia (for want of a better term) is the second checkbox on the failure into fascism devolution. This is how we die. #statefailure #resist
Wonderful joint class today between Centro de Estudios Internationales, El Colegio de México and the Brandt School
today on #StateCapacity and #StateFailure. Thanks to Prof. José Luis Mendez and all the students.
today on #StateCapacity and #StateFailure. Thanks to Prof. José Luis Mendez and all the students.
January 23, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Wonderful joint class today between Centro de Estudios Internationales, El Colegio de México and the Brandt School
today on #StateCapacity and #StateFailure. Thanks to Prof. José Luis Mendez and all the students.
today on #StateCapacity and #StateFailure. Thanks to Prof. José Luis Mendez and all the students.