Americas Musharraf Dilemma
Hardliners in Washington want Pakistans leader to crack down on terrorists, but hardliners in Islamabad are deeply ambivalent. Whats a poor dictator to do?
U.N. Ambassador’s Oily Past
The White House, however ideologically committed to unilateralism and the unbridled assertion of military power, still needs the UN.
Operation Enduring Freedom: A Retrospective
The war against the Taliban in Afghanistan was more popular than the war against Saddam Hussein. Should it have been?
The Taliban is Back
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bush administration, Iraq, Taliban, warlords, drug lords, opium, women’s issues, civilian casualties, corruption
Afghanistan: Five Years Later
The Taliban is back. And the United States is largely to blame.
A New Frontier of Jihadi Islam?
Is Somalia rapidly turning into this years Afghanistan, with the Islamic Courts in the role of the Taliban and Ethiopia as the unilateral invader?