With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, free elections—as well as democracy itself—are in question in Pakistan.
Pakistan’s nuclear safeguards got a curious vote of confidence this week from India’s National Security Adviser. So what does it mean?
Pervez Musharraf seems to think his grip on power is relatively secure, as demonstrated by his recent trip to Saudi Arabia. But given the volatile political situation he faces, can he really stay in office much longer?
Now that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s government has announced that the state of emergency in his country will be lifted on Friday, does that mean that the upcoming elections are sure to be free and fair? Not necessarily.
President Bush’s views on freedom’s universality are not merely simplistic, they are profoundly dangerous, writes Ted Galen Carpenter.