There are too many fast-breaking reactions and early analyses of today’s assassination of Benazir Bhutto to summarize adequately at this stage. But I was struck that Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued his own statement, focusing on the connection between New Yorkers — in particular the 100,000 Pakistani-Americans who call New York home — and the violence and threats to democracy in … Continue reading All (International) Politics is Local: Bloomberg Responds to Bhutto Assassination