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Regions and CountriesFebruary 21, 2008
Bhutto’s Tangled Legacy
Will the PPP revive her power-sharing deal with Musharraf or join with Nawaz Sharif to re-establish constitutional rule?
Graham Usher
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Regions and CountriesDecember 28, 2007
Benazir Bhutto: A Death Foretold
For all her pro-American rhetoric, many in Benazir Bhutto’s party held America responsible for the “judicial murder” of her father. Will Bhutto’s assassination have a like impact?
Graham Usher
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Foreign PolicyNovember 15, 2007
Trappings of Democracy in Pakistan
As hopes fade for the rule of law in Pakistan, the Bush Administration signals it will settle for just the trappings of democracy. People are braced for disaster.
Graham Usher
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Regions and CountriesNovember 8, 2007
Musharraf’s Emergency
If the United States is so keen on spreading democracy and fighting radical Islamists, why does it continue to back a leader who has suspended the Constitution and gone to war with legal activists?
Graham Usher
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Regions and CountriesOctober 30, 2007
Benazir Bhutto’s Defining Moment
She alone can mobilize Pakistan’s poor with promises of democracy, development and free, fair elections. But does she have the power to ward off US meddling and stop Pakistan’s slide into chaos?
Graham Usher
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Regions and CountriesJuly 19, 2007
Red Mosque: Endgame for Musharraf?
In the violent aftermath of the storming of Islamabad’s Red Mosque, the military-mullah alliance that kept Pervez Musharraf in power is unraveling, the Taliban is ascendant, and hopes for stability are fading.
Graham Usher
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Regions and CountriesApril 5, 2007
Pakistan’s Shaky Dictatorship
Only reform can halt the growth of violent Islamization in Pakistan, which threatens to topple the current government.
Graham Usher
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Regions and CountriesJuly 27, 2006
Mumbai’s Casualties
The grisly commuter train bombings in Mumbai on July 11 both endangered the India/Pakistan peace process and underscored its fragility.
Graham Usher
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Regions and CountriesJuly 19, 2006
Mumbai’s Other Casualty
One week after bombs ripped through commuter trains in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, the carnage has finally been tallied: 182 people killed and 900 injured.
Graham Usher
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Regions and CountriesFebruary 23, 2006
Challenging Musharraf
Massive protests over the Muhammad cartoons add to the growing sense that Pakistani President-General Pervez Musharraf is losing control.
Graham Usher