Foreign relations of Pakistan Articles

Rethinking the Pakistan Plan

Amitai Etzioni | Jan 04, 2012
U.S.-Pakistani relations are in crisis. Strategic fear of India prevents Pakistan from bending to U.S. demands. Easing India-Pakistan tensions could change the dynamics of the U.S.-Pakistan alliance.

Pakistan Postscript

Daniel Markey | Dec 01, 2008
A post-Musharraf Pakistan faces a future that could include military coups, growing extremism, a potential collapse of the state or a move toward rogue-nation status. There is no easy fix for Islamabad.

Do No Harm

Anatol Lieven | Feb 29, 2008
Sometimes our procedures do more harm than good. Pakistan may heal best on its own.

Principles and Interests

Chuck Hagel | Jun 01, 2006
In a volatile region of the world like South Asia, principled realism, not sloganeering, should guide U.S. policy.

A Difficult Country: Pakistan and the Case for Developmental Realism

Anatol Lieven | Mar 01, 2006
There are no textbook solutions for the problems of a country like Pakistan--but a creative approach can go a long way.

Whither Kazakhstan?

Fiona Hill | Dec 01, 2005
The Specter of a "Colored Revolution"Kazakhstan's scheduled December 4, 2005 presidential election brings two major questions into focus for this Central Asian state.

Fall 2005 Asia Supplement: China's Disease Cauldron

Elizabeth Prescott | Sep 01, 2005
China's reaction to the outbreak of influenza on the mainland will affect more than just the health of its citizens.

Kings of the East

Christopher Marsh | Sep 01, 2005
Bush's realist head and voter's evangelical hearts are taking him in two different directions on China.

What Hobbes Really Said

Noel Malcolm | Sep 01, 2005
Life in the state of nature may be "nasty, brutish and short," but states are not people, and Hobbes is not the ultra-realist he is made out to be.

Finding the Lost Peace

Dennis Ross | Sep 01, 2005
Arafat's death opened a real window for peace--but it won't stay open for long.

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