Pakistan
The Year of the Drone
An Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2010
BY PETER BERGEN , KATHERINE TIEDEMANN | APRIL 26, 2010
The Militant Pipeline
Between the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Region and the West
BY PAUL CRUICKSHANK | APRIL 26, 2010
Should Pakistan Get a Nuke Deal?
Only if it finally abandons its support for terrorism.
BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | MARCH 23, 2010
Interview: António Guterres
From Darfur to Afghanistan, the U.N.’s point man on refugees says, the world’s conflicts are getting “more worrisome and more difficult to solve.”
INTERVIEW BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | MARCH 23, 2010
How Pakistan Fell in Love With Bollywood
The history of a culture clash.
BY ANUJ CHOPRA | MARCH 15, 2010
How to Cut Collateral Damage in Afghanistan
Rein in the Special Forces cowboys, and let Gen. McChrystal call the shots.
BY MARC GARLASCO | MARCH 3, 2010
Bipartisan Spring
Washington may be deeply polarized on domestic matters, but when it comes to foreign affairs, a remarkable consensus is taking shape.
BY ROBERT KAGAN | MARCH 3, 2010
Down the AfPak Rabbit Hole
The village of Marjah is a meaningless strategic backwater. So why are the Pentagon and the press telling us the battle there was a huge victory?
BY THOMAS H. JOHNSON, M. CHRIS MASON | MARCH 1, 2010
Talking the Talk
When the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers sit down on Thursday, don't expect more than that.
BY MAYANK CHHAYA | FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Planet War
From the bloody civil wars in Africa to the rag-tag insurgiences in Southeast Asia, 33 conflicts are raging around the world today, and it’s often innocent civilians who suffer the most.
BY KAYVAN FARZANEH, ANDREW SWIFT, PETER WILLIAMS | FEBRUARY 22, 2010
Three Huge Ways Pakistan Still Isn't Cooperating
The capture of Mullah Baradar doesn't change the fact that, on many important security issues, the United States and Pakistan still don't see eye to eye.
BY DAVID KENNER | FEBRUARY 18, 2010
Dead Terrorists Tell No Tales
Is Barack Obama killing too many bad guys before the U.S. can interrogate them?
BY MARC A. THIESSEN | FEBRUARY 8, 2010
Saving Pakistan's Heartland
While media attention has focused on the battle for control in its restive tribal areas, Pakistan needs to develop a strategy for thwarting the creeping Talibanization of its urban centers.
BY AHMED HUMAYUN | FEBRUARY 8, 2010
The End of Diplomacy?
Once up a time, Americans achieved great things abroad. No longer.
BY AARON DAVID MILLER | FEBRUARY 3, 2010
How to Read the QDR
What the Pentagon’s most highly anticipated planning document says about the gap between its aspirations and reality.
BY TRAVIS SHARP | FEBRUARY 2, 2010
Groundhog Day in Afghanistan
Day after day, political crisis after political crisis, Afghanistan persists in going nowhere.
BY WHITNEY HARING-SMITH | JANUARY 26, 2010
Will There Always Be a Pakistan?
Fissures within the military could tear not just the army but the entire country apart. It's coming sooner than you think.
BY SETH CROPSEY | DECEMBER 11, 2009
Obama's Indecent Interval
Despite the U.S. president's pleas to the contrary, the war in Afghanistan looks more like Vietnam than ever.
BY THOMAS H. JOHNSON, M. CHRIS MASON | DECEMBER 10, 2009
The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Remarks of U.S. President Barack Obama at the West Point military academy, as prepared for delivery.
DECEMBER 2, 2009
Al Qaeda's Dissident
How the prison writings of Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, one of al Qaeda's founders now labeled a turn coat, are doing more to expose the terrorist group's hypocrisy than anyone else.
BY JARRET BRACHMAN | DECEMBER 2009
The Al Qaeda Diaries
As the Pakistani soldiers moved into South Waziristan, they found something almost as valuable as al Qaeda itself: the diaries and books that explain how militant ideology binds the diffuse world of terrorism together.
BY IMTIAZ GUL | NOVEMBER 20, 2009
When Generals and Ambassadors Feud
Take it from this former ambassador: Disagreements over the war in Afghanistan may do more long-term harm than short-term good.
BY JAMES DOBBINS | NOVEMBER 13, 2009
Destroying al Qaeda Is Not an Option (Yet)
If the world's most notorious network goes down, terrorism will get a whole lot messier.
BY GUSTAVO DE LAS CASAS | NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Please Send More Than Troops
If the window closes to fix Afghanistan's government, more boots on the ground won't matter.
BY ASHRAF GHANI | NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Interview: U.N. Undersecretary-General John Holmes
The top humanitarian official for the United Nations tells FP how to do aid in a time of war. Here’s a hint: it’s not pretty.
BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | NOVEMBER 5, 2009
A Royal Afghan Mess
As I witnessed firsthand while working as a poll monitor, the Afghan elections has been a disaster every step of the way. Here's how not to repeat the error.
BY EVELYN N. FARKAS | NOVEMBER 2, 2009
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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