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Book Review: Ahmed Rashid’s Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan

Allah, Army, and America used to be catchphrases to describe the internal political dynamics, as well as the foreign policy behavior, of Pakistan in the previous several decades.  That reality has undergone palpable erosion regarding the influence of the United States on Pakistan under the presidency of Barack Obama.  That is certainly not good news [...]

Pakistan and the United States: A Permanent Parting of the Ways?

The deteriorating U.S.-Pakistan ties do not seem to have a stable new nadir since the assassination of Usama Bin-Laden by the U.S. Special Forces last May.  It seems to be finding new low points each week.  Pakistan’s foremost journalist, Ahmed Rashid, states that the Army of his native land has issued orders to “treat the [...]

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