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What It Will Take to Secure AfghanistanPolicy Innovation Memorandum No. 23, Author: Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, June 2012 Afghanistan is approaching a major inflection point in its long and turbulent history. In 2014 most of the foreign military forces are due to pull out. With them will go the bulk of foreign

Excerpts America and the Two Pakistans By Stephen P. Cohen and Moeed Yusuf, New York Times, June 20, 2012 In the past few years, multiple power centers have begun to emerge slowly in Pakistan, as evidenced again this week with the historically pliant Supreme Court dismissing the Pakistani prime minister, Yousuf Reza Gilani, from office. For much of the country’s history, however, Pakistan’s

Taliban praise India for resisting Afghan entanglement By Sanjeev Miglani KABUL | Sun Jun 17, 2012; Reuters (Reuters) - India has done well to resist U.S. calls for greater involvement in Afghanistan, the Taliban said in a rare direct comment about one of the strongest opponents of the hardline Islamist group that was ousted from power in 2001. The Taliban also said they won't let

India fears for Afghanistan after NATO pullout By Shaun Tandon (AFP), May 31, 2012 WASHINGTON — India called for greater coordination with the United States on Afghanistan, voicing fear that Islamic radicals would gain strength once Western forces pull out. NATO leaders in a May 21 summit in Chicago committed to pulling combat troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 as Western nations

US, Pakistan Row Over Border Crossing Reveals 'Outstanding Problems' Alex Ortolani, Asia Society, May 23rd, 2012 For Video, click here While activists clashed with Chicago police to protest the NATO summit in Chicago this week, the U.S. and Pakistan were having their own stand-off inside the meeting. According to reports from the conference, U.S. President Barack Obama and Pakistan

History 101: Writing a new Pakistani history By Aroosa Shaukat, Express Tribune,  May 17, 2012 LAHORE: Pakistanis must delve into their history with open minds, historian Dr Ayesha Jalal said during a talk on Wednesday. Speaking to over 200 students at the Forman Christian College in a lecture titled Writing Pakistani History: Problems and Challenges, Dr Jalal said that open minds allow

New Hope for India-Pakistan Relations? Nadia Rasul, Asia Society, May 11, 2012 In recent months Pakistan and India have made unprecedented strides in improving bilateral trade relations. Last year Pakistan decided to grant India "most favored nation" status, and recent reports show that Pakistan will soon be importing petrol and energy from India, while India will allow foreign direct