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Trump’s Three Missteps on Pakistan

Daniel Markey   Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 10:00 AM

Editor’s Note: Pakistan is where good policy options go to die. U.S. administrations have struggled to develop a coherent and effective policy toward Islamabad, trying to coerce and co-opt it, with limited success at best. Daniel Markey of SAIS offers a readout of Prime Minister Khan’s visit to Washington. He points out mistakes the Trump administration made and argues that a continued tough approach is necessary.

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Foreign Policy Essay

Pakistan’s Proxies: The Kashmir Attack and U.S. Policy Response

Jason M. Blazakis   Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 10:00 AM

At least 40 Indian soldiers and local officials were killed in a suicide attack on Feb. 14 that targeted a large military convoy traversing Indian-controlled Kashmir. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a State Department-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), claimed responsibility for the attack, but there are reasons to doubt its credibility.

Afghanistan/Pakistan

The Law Under Attack in Pakistan

Rishabh Bhandari, Cody M. Poplin   Fri, Aug 12, 2016, 12:11 PM

Earlier this week, a suicide bomber outside a crowded hospital in Quetta, Pakistan killed at least 74 people, most of them judges or lawyers, and wounded dozens more. Yesterday, another blast in Quetta wounded an additional 13 people. The provincial interior minister told Reuters that the bombing targeted police escorting a judge, who was not killed in the attack.

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