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Rethinking the Pakistan Plan

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.

The Anarchic Republic of Pakistan

Pakistan's military-intelligence complex is too preoccupied with countering India to mount a serious campaign against radicals who threaten the nation's survival. The country is being destroyed from within.

All Kayani's Men

American pressure on Islamabad to crack down on insurgents threatens to split the military in two.

Armageddon in Islamabad

Don’t be fooled by the recent positive news from Islamabad. We face the potential of a nuclear-armed state run by Islamic extremists. The consequences of a Taliban-led takeover of Islamabad would be devastating.

Afghan Awakening

Can Kabul be saved? More troops are on the way, but a one-size-fits-all surge is not enough. We also need to change our tactics.

For God, King and Country

Over the centuries, the causes and justifications for war have evolved. But we remain caught in a Westphalian mindset, even though the nature of today’s substate threats demands an altogether-different mentality and a new breed of soldier—or at le

Commentary

U.S.-Pakistani Relations Back to the Brink

Washington and Islamabad finally seemed to be turning a corner toward cooperation. All that is over now.

Top 5 Questions Voters Should Ask Presidential Candidates about Pakistan

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

Failure in AfPak: How the U.S. Got It Wrong

A frenemy in Pakistan. No strategy in Afghanistan. Cold War politics in India. Where U.S. policy took a wrong turn.

Blogs

Digging Our Grave in Af-Pak

U.S.-Pakistani relations and prospects for regional stability are the latest casualties of the Afghan war.

Death on the Durand Line

With lines of contention like the ones in Afghanistan, it is little wonder that confusion can bring about something like Saturday's lethal incident.

Pakistan Becomes the Recipe for Endless War in Afghanistan

The new reason to keep American boots on the ground in Afghanistan: Fighting Pakistan by proxy.

Books & Reviews

Passions of Pope Victor

As Europe secularized and the global South becomes the new market for potential converts, Christianity is undergoing a painful evolution.

How to Fight Terrorism

Radical Islam is its own worst enemy. It will marginalize itself unless the United States overreacts.

A People of Extraordinary Contradictions

A history of the Hungarians, by a Hungarian, for everyone.

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May 26, 2012