James P. Farwell

James Farwell is a defense consultant and author of The Pakistan Cauldron: Conspiracy, Assassination & Instability, to be published in October by Potomac Books.


Commentary

Assad has chemical weapons. Whether he will use them—and what will happen to them if he falls—remains unknown.

The United States and Pakistan have afforded the Taliban unearned legitimacy. Talks will set back a decade of counterinsurgency work in Afghanistan.

U.S.-Pakistani relations have reached a boiling point. Any presidential candidate must have a plan for Islamabad.

Egypt's Islamists are clawing to the top through backroom deals and broken promises. The upcoming elections are theirs to lose.

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May 25, 2012