The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars The Democratic Foreign Policy Wars
All the candidates reject Bush's disasters--but that won't be enough for the next administration.
Jan 3, 2008 / Feature / Ari Berman
Pakistan’s Plight Pakistan’s Plight
A multidimensional charade is taking place in Pakistan, and it is not an edifying sight.
Charlie Wilson’s War–and Ours Charlie Wilson’s War–and Ours
Unlike the plot of the latest Tom Hanks film, the blowback price of our incessant meddling could prove quite high. And even Hollywood can't put a pretty face on that one.
Jan 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Amnesia at the Multiplex Amnesia at the Multiplex
Two films address US adventures in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a big dose of historical amnesia, political pandering, moral superiority and outraged innocence.
Dec 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Pakistan Without Benazir Pakistan Without Benazir
The deeply flawed, arresting, autocratic Benazir Bhutto had the wherewithal to save her country but repeatedly disappointed. Yet she represented the best secular option for breach...
Dec 28, 2007 / Feature / Moni Mohsin
Benazir Bhutto: A Death Foretold 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?
Dec 28, 2007 / Feature / Graham Usher
Benazir Bhutto: An Age of Hope Is Over Benazir Bhutto: An Age of Hope Is Over
As the world mourns the loss of Benazir Bhutto, it would be myopic to focus only on Islamic-inspired violence and on Pakistan. For all of post-independence history, South Asia has ...
Dec 27, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Another Death in Rawalpindi Another Death in Rawalpindi
The killing of Benazir Bhutto echoes Pakistan's troubled history, portends more violence and flags a proud country's collapse into chaos. It also signals the manifest bankruptcy of...
State of the World 2008 State of the World 2008
The United Nations' chief troubleshooter and mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, considers what should come next in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan and how US foreign foreign policy went so far ...
Dec 24, 2007 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Muqtada al-Sadr’s Power Grab Muqtada al-Sadr’s Power Grab
The bad boy of Iraqi politics is going back to school. al-Sadr's plan to become an ayatollah has enormous implications for Iraqis and the United States.
Dec 21, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi