Since the United States has announced its intentions to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 2014, leaders in the White House have…
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A long summer of political turmoil has begun that makes harder the search for a new equilibrium with Washington A tale of…
However justified, the public berating of Islamabad has become counterproductive The comments made by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta during his swing…
Events lay bare just how strategically isolated Islamabad has become As my last post noted, the events of the past week show…
Pakistan’s prospects careen from bad to worse, but there is still some possibility that it might one day evolve in a more…
The time has come to question why the country needs tactical nuclear forces Marking the anniversary of Pakistan’s 1998 nuclear tests, Nawaz…
If the U.S. is floundering in a region hosting some of the world’s most dangerous religious extremists, a leading cause is the…
The situation in Pakistan appears to worsen by the day. Consequent to President Asif Ali Zardari’s return from Dubai, Prime Minister Yousaf…
Three years ago, on November 26, 2008, ten
Pakistan’s recent announcement that it has successfully tested the nuclear-tipped Hatf-9 (Nasr) short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) with a range of 65 km…