Both the United States and India have failed to appreciate how integral Pakistan's military has become in steering the Pakistani ship. They need to concentrate their efforts on influencing the man behind its wheel: Chief of Army Staff Ashfaq Kayani.

In discussions about the Middle east, it's said that the greatest mistake was the partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. That's not my view.

The country would be richer, safer, more democratic and better regarded without the bomb.

After September 11, 2001, Pakistan became a strong ally of the United States in the war on terror, and relations between the two states had never seemed better. But recent revelations on Pakistan’s proliferation tendencies and support of nuclear research efforts abroad have elicited new scrutiny of President Pervez...

Pakistan lost one of its most forceful leaders and democracy advocates when Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on December 27, 2007,at a campaign rally.

There's a lot that the United States can do when it comes to Pakistan, but none of it can be done quickly. Nor can it be done without facing, as Admiral Mike Mullen did at last, the truth about the Pakistani Army.

The assassinations of Benazir Bhutto and supporters of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif last week have thrown Pakistan deep into crisis. The attacks undermine the already-precarious efforts to restore a democratic balance and the rule of law to Pakistan while maintaining an acceptable stability. They also undermine President Pervez Musharraf's...

The killing of Benazir Bhutto has made foreign policy issues in the 2008 U.S. election starkly clear.