It must persuade Pakistan to abandon the lethal double game that it is playing. But saber-rattling won’t achieve that; nor will the cutting off of aid.read more

The trouble lies in the basic fact that the two countries have entirely different worldviews.read more

He was a guest of a great Pashtun pacifist, whose interpretation of Islam starkly contrasts with that of bin Laden.read more

The Obama Administration's determination to proceed with the strikes is a big mistake, morally and strategically.read more

If a cricket match can make things better even by just a bit, let us have more batsmen facing down bowlers.read more

If global warming is the culprit, we’ll need to send more than helicopters and international aid teams to Pakistan. We’ll need nothing less that “a sweeping ecological transformation of society.”read more

President Obama needs to resolve the problem of India and Pakistan before he can have any hope of success in Afghanistan.

In his speech on Tuesday, he wasn’t forthright about the nature of the problem.read more

If recent events don’t force Pakistan’s establishment to sever its weirdly codependent ties with Islamic militancy, nothing will.read more

The best way to counter the extremists would be to help Pakistani citizens attain a decent quality of life.read more

It has several attributes that should prevent it from coming apart at the seams or being taken over by a bunch of ragtag jihadists.read more

I have written repeatedly calling for the strongman to go, and was mostly glad to see him leave. I have also lauded the remarkable nonviolent mass movement—led by Pakistan’s brave lawyers—that eventually did Musharraf in. But I wasn’t able to celebrate as wholeheartedly as I thought I would, for a number of reasons.read more