Politics of Pakistan Articles

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.

Karzai and 22,000 Villages

Ashraf Ghani | Dec 18, 2009
A military surge will not win Afghanistan. Karzai and his corrupt clan have failed the Afghan people. Former presidential candidate Ghani shows us a way out: counterinsurgency economics.

Armageddon in Islamabad

Bruce Riedel | Jun 23, 2009
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.

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.

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.

A Tale of Three Cities

John R. Thomson | Sep 01, 2005
Despite the obvious obstacles, the signs of democracy are encouraging in Kabul, Beirut and Cairo.

How to Nation-Build

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

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