There are few habits in client-state politics more revealing than the urge to decorate empire’s latest strongman with the language of peace. Some time ago, Islamabad flirted with the idea that Donald Trump deserved a Nobel Peace Prize. If Pakistan still insists on indulging that theatre, it should at least abandon the farce of nominating Trump and pursue the more interesting vanity project: Shehbaz Sharif should try to win it himself. Not because the Nobel Peace Prize is some sacred moral instrument. It is a political trophy, often less a judgment on peace than a referendum on geopolitical fashion. Precisely for that reason, it should be used politically. If Sharif insists on playing this game, he should stop wasting the […]
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