The return of cricket diplomacy raises an intriguing question: How can India use its considerable soft power--its dominance of South Asian sport, movies, music, television and publishing--to address the rise of fundamentalism in Pakistan?

Cricket and baseball are twin brothers, separated at birth.

Pakistani cricketing hero-turned politician Imran Khan made a splash on October 30 with a rally that attracted hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis. It remains to be seen whether his populist platform will bring the public to the ballot box in 2013.

The return of cricket diplomacy raises an intriguing question: How can India use its considerable soft power--its dominance of South Asian sport, movies, music, television and publishing--to address the rise of fundamentalism in Pakistan?

The realization that boys growing up in West Yorkshire could kill overfifty of their countrymen with almost military precision and fanatical determination has rocked this most stoical of nations.

Malaria deaths could be significantly reduced if only health agencies would do the politically incorrect--but morally correct--thing and spray DDT and other long-term insecticides.

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.

Malaria deaths could be significantly reduced if only health agencies would do the politically incorrect--but morally correct--thing and spray DDT and other long-term insecticides.