Pakistan

Sharifistan

The winner of Pakistan’s monumental election can celebrate democracy in action, but there’s still a long way to go.

BY ARIF RAFIQ | MAY 13, 2013

Janus in Islamabad

Is Pakistan's once and likely future prime minister someone the United States can work with?

BY EMILY CADEI | MAY 11, 2013

Pakistan’s Rollercoaster Election

Is this a generationally significant change of power, or more of the same dysfunction?

BY MICHAEL KUGELMAN | MAY 10, 2013

It's Morning in Islamabad

Yes, it’s broke, violent, and tumultuous. But here are five reasons Pakistan is better off than you think.

BY MOSHARRAF ZAIDI | MAY 10, 2013

Kabul's Unlikely New Ally

Has Pakistan decided it's finally time to embrace Afghanistan?

BY DANIEL SAGALYN | MAY 1, 2013

Well, This Is Awkward

How Pervez Musharraf's foolish return to Pakistan is creating problems for the United States.

BY DANIEL MARKEY | APRIL 25, 2013

The Stories You Missed

What happened around the world while the world was watching Boston.

BY J. DANA STUSTER | APRIL 19, 2013

Musharraf’s Great Folly Tests the Army

Pakistan's former dictator returned home to what he thought would be a hero's welcome. Instead, a court ordered his arrest -- and put the military in an awkward spot.

BY ARIF RAFIQ | APRIL 18, 2013

An Inconvenient Truth

Finally, proof that the United States has lied in the drone wars.

BY MICAH ZENKO | APRIL 10, 2013

The Pit of Despair

In the streets of Pakistan, people have had it about up to here. For the Obama administration’s diminished goals there, maybe that’s not a bad thing.

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 5, 2013

This Is Not the Drone Debate We're Looking For

How Rand Paul and company are totally missing the point.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 19, 2013

Wayward in Waziristan

How the United States is blowing the war on terror in the most dangerous place in the world.

BY AKBAR AHMED, HARRISON AKINS | MARCH 15, 2013

Pakistan’s Wildcard

The mysterious Pakistani-Canadian cleric is back, and he’s shaking up the country’s politics.

BY DANIEL MARKEY | MARCH 14, 2013

What Vali Nasr Gets Wrong

A former State Department insider has written a blistering account of the Obama administration’s missteps in Afghanistan. But is he right?

BY SARAH CHAYES | MARCH 12, 2013

Missing in Action

Extremists are destroying the fabric of Pakistani society. Where is the government?

BY MOSHARRAF ZAIDI | MARCH 4, 2013

The Inside Story of How the White House Let Diplomacy Fail in Afghanistan

"My time in the Obama administration turned out to be a deeply disillusioning experience."

BY VALI NASR | MARCH 4, 2013

Return of the Gandhis

In the new India, everything is moving a mile a minute. Except politics.

BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 22, 2013

It's Not About Us

Forget about the “war on terror.” The next few decades will be dominated by the bitter divide within Islam itself.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Size Matters

The miniaturization of U.S. foreign policy.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Why Is the United States Subsidizing Iran?

It's a veritable international mystery: How did Washington end up funding its adversaries in Tehran?

BY FREDERICK STARR | FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Investigate This

The U.N. will pry America's drones out of our cold, dead hands.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JANUARY 29, 2013

The 'Dynamite' Pentagon Interview Behind 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Michael Vickers 'delivered' for the movie.

BY NATE JONES | JANUARY 17, 2013

Coup Season

Is Pakistan's meddlesome military up to its old tricks?

BY ARIF RAFIQ | JANUARY 16, 2013

Exit, Minus Strategy

Barack Obama has clearly decided to cut his losses in Afghanistan. Will all hell break lose when he does?

BY JAMES TRAUB | JANUARY 11, 2013

The 5 Most Important Questions About Afghanistan

Obama can't shirk the difficult issues when he meets with Karzai this week.

BY MICHAEL KUGELMAN | JANUARY 9, 2013

For Shame

Wait, Pakistan is blasting India for treating women badly?

BY RASHMEE ROSHAN LALL | JANUARY 4, 2013

Killing the 'Good Taliban'

The death of Mullah Nazir exposes why Pakistan's love affair with jihadis is likely to end in tears.

BY ARIF RAFIQ | JANUARY 4, 2013

Stowaway

A reporter travels the treacherous Pakistan-Afghanistan border by truck.

BY MATTHIEU AIKINS | JANUARY 2, 2013

The Global Races to Watch Next Year

Eight elections that could change the world in 2013.

BY TY MCCORMICK | DECEMBER 31, 2012

Is It Over Yet?

Haunting photos of a year in the life of the war America is still fighting.

DECEMBER 27, 2012