The Iran-North Korea Axis of Proliferation
Both Iran and North Korea are subject to a growing stack of sanctions with which the United Nations, since 2006, has been...
Benazir Bhutto
A Defense of Drone Attacks in Pakistan Under Humanitarian Law
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, international law has had to grapple with the fundamental challenges that large-scale violence carried out by non-state actors pos...
Op-eds
A Year@War
Successes and setbacks.
Op-eds
Benazir Bhutto: Killed by the Real Pakistan
A recent CNN poll showed that 46 percent of Pakistanis approve of Osama bin Laden. Aspirants to the American presidency should hope to score so highly in the United States. In Pakistan,...
Op-eds
After Bhutto: A Nation in Crisis
Benazir Bhutto’s assassination is a tragedy, and likely a strategic setback as well. It is tragic because, despite the notorious corruption of Bhutto’s administration, in many ways sh...
Op-eds
Why Mrs. Bhutto Had to Die
Former Pakistani Prime Minster Benazir Bhutto was murdered because of herpotential actions in Pakistan, by the combined forces of jihadism in that country. In short, they executed her to pre-empt...
Op-eds
Soft Foreign Policy Hurts the U.S.
If American diplomacy were delivering on its promises, we'd be heading into boom times for peace and security. Instead, the new year begins with Washington foreign policy increasingly cocoon...
Op-eds
Wishful Thinking: A Lethal Habit When it Comes to Islamist Terrorists
Osama bin Laden probably does not get home delivery of Parade but more than 30 million Americans do. And on the magazine’s cover last Sunday was the not-quite-smiling face of Benaz...
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Will Yousaf Raza Gilani change Pakistan?
Perhaps the most notable aspect of Yousaf Raza Gilani's conduct upon his ascension as Pakistan's new prime minister has been his lack of apparent vitriol toward President Pervez Musharr...
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Shattered Hopes
As Pakistan's parliamentary elections approach, the PPP's future is uncertain.
Op-eds
While Pakistan Burns
Al Qaeda regroups in the tribal areas, the government falters. What is to be done?
Op-eds
State of Denial
Musharraf's latest move has transformed him into a liability.
Op-eds
The Tip of the Jihadist Spear
Ever since the September 11 attacks, some in counterterrorism and intelligence circles have tried to define al Qaeda narrowly, thereby limiting the scope of the organization's threat. We...
Op-eds
Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan
Pakistani prosecutors claim that five Americans currently on trial for attempting to join al Qaeda were in contact with a top leader of the terror group. The five Americans are said to h...
Op-eds
Pull the Plug on Afghanistan
President Karzai of Afghanistan has just stolen an election and gotten away with it. Despite being universally criticized as corrupt and incompetent, he is likely to rule Afghanistan for another...
Op-eds
Taliban Rattles Pakistan
By Dr. Walid Phares As the Taliban send suicide bombers inside Pakistan's cities, observers focus on the horrors and the continuing bloodshed. And though the Talib...
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Pakistan Notebook
Islamabad — I picked an interesting moment to visit Pakistan: four terrorist attacks in less than a week. The first was at the World Food Programme office here in the capital: five killed....
Op-eds
Fixing Our Pakistan Problem
This article was published in The Journal of International Security Affairs (No. 16, Spring 2009)....
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American Interests in Pakistan
Zardari serves them better than Sharif.
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Pakistan & The Taliban
The AP reports that Pakistan's collapsing government, fresh from forcing Musharraf out, has now banned the Taliban in the wake of the latter's bombings of Pakistani military bases....