Pakistan

The Battle at the Top of the World

A look at the remote glacial region where Pakistan and India are locked in a tense, and seemingly pointless, stalemate over frozen wilderness.

JUNE 11, 2012

Cold War

Why are India and Pakistan sacrificing hundreds of soldiers' lives over an uninhabitable icy wasteland?

BY MYRA MACDONALD | JUNE 11, 2012

Killing It

Why President Obama's kill list controversy is only good news for his reelection campaign.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JUNE 6, 2012

Shotgun Divorce

Pakistan's top diplomat is charged with resurrecting a relationship with the United States that seems only to get worse with time.

BY DAVID KENNER | JUNE 4, 2012

Kill the Kill List

The Obama administration is grossly misreading international law when it comes to targeting terrorists.

BY DAPHNE EVIATAR , GABOR RONA | MAY 31, 2012

Losing Polio

Did the CIA ruin our chance to eradicate one of the world's worst diseases?

BY LAURIE GARRETT | MAY 31, 2012

Amateur Hour in Chicago

Obama knows that he can't succeed in Afghanistan without coming to terms with Pakistan. So why is his diplomacy so lousy?

BY ARIF RAFIQ | MAY 23, 2012

Uh-Oh. Pakistan Can't Pay Its Electric Bills.

How an energy crisis became an economic and political crisis too.

BY COLIN COOKMAN | MAY 10, 2012

The bin Laden Files

What the al Qaeda leader's final correspondence tells us about his legacy.

BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | MAY 3, 2012

Lying to Tell the Truth

Saving the world is no excuse for fudging the facts.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 1, 2012

Think Again: Al Qaeda

A year after Osama bin Laden's death, the obituaries for his terrorist group are still way too premature.

BY SETH G. JONES | MAY/JUNE 2012

Strike Out

David Rohde says the Pakistani military finds drone strikes effective. But research suggests they increase terrorist activity in the short run.

MAY/JUNE 2012

The LWOT: Britain allowed to extradite five alleged extremists

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | APRIL 13, 2012

Fighting the Great Firewall of Pakistan

How an unlikely free-speech campaign defeated the censors.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | APRIL 10, 2012

The LWOT: Alleged 9/11 plotter to face death penalty trial

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | APRIL 6, 2012

Pakistan's $10 Million Terrorist Talks

A conversation with Hafiz Mohamed Saeed.

INTERVIEW BY AL AAN TV | APRIL 5, 2012

Failure 2.0

India's big, new foreign policy idea is even worse than its last one. And that's saying something.

BY SADANAND DHUME | MARCH 16, 2012

Iran Is the Great Distraction

Why Obama and Netanyahu are having the wrong conversation this week.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | MARCH 5, 2012

The LWOT: Obama sidesteps NDAA detainee provisions

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | MARCH 2, 2012

Above the Law

Pakistan's activist lawyers and judges may have thrown out Pervez Musharraf, but they're no democrats. In fact, they're a grave and growing threat to Pakistan's future.

BY ANATOL LIEVEN | FEBRUARY 29, 2012

My Drone War

American drones have changed everything for al Qaeda and its local allies in Pakistan, becoming a fact of life in a secret war that is far from over.

BY PIR ZUBAIR SHAH | MARCH/APRIL 2012

Obama’s Shadow Wars

Missile-wielding drones and elite Special Forces units are the new face of American power, and the White House is increasingly relying on them to fight terror in the farthest corners of the globe.

MARCH/APRIL 2012

Open Relationship

The United States is doing something right in the war on terror.

BY FRANK CILLUFFO | FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The LWOT: Chicago cab driver pleads guilty to material support charge

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Guns and Butter

Countries around the world are finding that military involvement in private business is a major barrier to reform. But pensioning off CEOs in uniform is easier said than done.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 24, 2012

The LWOT: Hezbollah suspect leads Thai police to chemical stash

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 17, 2012

Pakistan's Slow-Motion Coup

Islamabad’s generals are out to destroy Pakistani democracy. Obama should try to stop them.

BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | JANUARY 5, 2012

Pakistan the Unreal

A son's tale of a death ripped from the headlines -- and the novel that foretold it.

BY AATISH TASEER | JAN/FEB 2012

Obama Should Apologize

The facts are in: NATO forces mistakenly killed Pakistani soldiers. It’s time to swallow American pride and say we’re sorry.

BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | DECEMBER 22, 2011

Next Year, in Review

From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011