Defense and the National Interest

By William S. Lind
As we observe the slow and increasingly certain disintegration of Pakistan, we should force ourselves to confront an uncomfortable fact: events in Pakistan are to a large degree side effects of our war in Afghanistan.
The January 12 Washington Times headline was “Pentagon spies al Qaeda in Pakistan,” as if this were somehow [...]

In this case, Pakistan. DNI is publishing an excerpt from Gabriel Kolko’s 2002 book, Another Century of War? that provides interesting background about what’s going on in that country.
Read more (on the original DNI site)

By Elaine M. Grossman
Global Security Newswire
WASHINGTON - Adm. William Fallon, head of the U.S. military’s Central Command, said late last month he is confident Pakistan would avoid ratcheting up tensions in its nuclear weapons standoff with India, despite some troubling signs (see GSN, June 25).
The top commander’s remarks, offered in an exclusive July 27 [...]