Tuesday at the Nixon Center, Ambassador Richard Boucher touted NATO’s progress in Afghanistan and laid out Washington’s Pakistan policy in the wake of the recent political upsets there.
Positively in Pakistan, elections were held and main opposition parties are in talks to form a coalition. But if they don't learn from past mistakes, this attempt at democracy is also destined to fail.
After Pervez Musharraf’s rejection at the ballot box, the United States only has bad options. The best one is letting Pakistani politics play out on their own.
National Interest online checks in on two vital American allies in a critical region. Will they keep working with the United States? Nick Gvosdev takes a hard look.
Does the electoral defeat mean the end of President Pervez Musharraf’s rule? How will it affect the war on terror?
The United States is focused on fighting extremism, but ordinary Pakistanis are worried about the economy. Why emerging markets are key to the war on terror.
TNI executive editor Justine A. Rosenthal interviewed Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Mahmud Ali Durrani.
As the president embarks upon his trip to the Middle East, the administration’s latest regional initiative is threatening to collapse under its own weight—only months after it debuted with great fanfare at Annapolis.
In NI online's continuing coverage, J. Peter Pham discusses changes in Benazir Bhutto's image post-mortem.
In NI online's continuing coverage, Anatol Lieven looks at the future of Pakistan. With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, free elections—as well as democracy itself—are in question.