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The Anarchic Republic of Pakistan

Ahmed Rashid | Aug 24, 2010
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.

Curse of the Khyber Pass

Milton Bearden | Mar 12, 2009
Afghanistan is a losing battle. Former-CIA officer Milton Bearden argues the Obama administration should turn to the provinces for answers—and consider arming the militias. Full article 

How to Nation-Build

Zalmay Khalilzad | Jun 01, 2005
Ten simple rules from our experience in Afghanistan.

Power Failure: American Policy in the Caspian

S. Frederick Starr | Mar 01, 1997
Whereas in Central Europe Washington barely acknowledges Russian sensibilities, in Central Asia and the Caucasus it indulges them to excess.
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Commentary

Blog before Reading in Tehran

Kenneth M. Pollack | Oct 25, 2010
Unfortunately, articles don't allow authors to say everything they believe relevant on a given topic. In this case, U.S. policy toward Iran.

A Realistic Anticorruption Strategy for Afghanistan

Col. Gregory Douquet
Michael O'Hanlon
| Oct 13, 2010
We can't expect Afghanistan to function like a mature democracy.

Paralysis in Pakistan

Ahmed Rashid | Oct 04, 2010
The last thing Pakistan needed right now was a confrontation with the United States and NATO over Afghanistan.
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Blogs

The GOP, the Dems, the Tea Party and Afghanistan

Christopher A. Preble | Oct 31, 2010
Will the Tea Party's concern over U.S. government spending translate into support for withdrawing from Afghanistan?

Washington's Tin Ear: Inviting the Russians Back Into Afghanistan

Ted Galen Carpenter
Harrison Moar
| Oct 29, 2010

An Inevitable Persian Gulf Arms Race

Ted Galen Carpenter | Sep 22, 2010
The security dilemma is just getting started between the Gulf states and Iran.
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Books & Reviews

The Soviet Abroad

Anatol Lieven | Aug 25, 2009
A book by former–Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov gives an insider’s account of espionage and intrigue in the Middle East.

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