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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.

American Jihad

Al-Qaeda has accomplished the unthinkable: establishing an embryonic recruitment, radicalization and operational capacity on our shores. Our current strategy risks another 9/11.

Karzai and 22,000 Villages

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.

Sanctum FATA

The United States has allowed the Afghan War to slip from apparent victory to possible defeat. Kabul is no longer the center of battle. The fulcrum has shifted to Pakistan.

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.

Making the Grade: From A to F, How the U.S. Measures Up in its Struggle Against Global Extremism

The results are in. Did the United States pass the test? Leading terrorism experts hand in their marks on U.S. efforts.

Commentary

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.

Untangling the U.S.-Pakistan Alliance

Murder. Conspiracies. Lies. Arrests. Strange bedfellows, indeed.

Punishing Pakistan

Washington must send a message. For their own sake, Pakistanis must listen.

Blogs

The Flawed Consensus on Afghanistan

How hawks are preparing Americans for the potential of a prolonged guerilla war in Afghanistan.

The Bonn Conference: Don't Be Discouraged

Bonn was a bust. But now is not the time to give up on regional diplomacy for Afghanistan.

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.

Books & Reviews

A Ticking Bomber

There is no simple answer to the causes of terrorism. But three books offer insight into the complexities of man and his motivation to kill. These explanations come not from academic tomes, nor expositions by the burgeoning cottage industry of ter

Losing Mythic Authority

As a result of America’s misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have lost the global clout we derived from our role in World War II—for good.

Killing to Make a Killing

Suicide terrorism may be more rational than meets the eye.

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February 10, 2012