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Friday, May 24, 2013

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Obama’s speech an exercise in wishful thinking

Ahmad Majidyar | May 23, 2013, 6:20 pm

“The Afghan War is coming to an end,” President Obama said this afternoon in a speech about the future of U.S. counterterrorism policy. “Today, the core of al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan is on a path to defeat. Their … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Karachi violence emblematic of Pakistan’s instability

Reza Jan | May 20, 2013, 5:36 pm

All is not well in the City of Lights, as Pakistan’s major metropolis, Karachi, is known. The murder of a senior political party worker on May 18 underscores the unrest wracking the city in the wake of recent elections, and … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Taliban violence mars Pakistan’s election

Reza Jan | May 17, 2013, 1:58 pm

On May 11, 2013, Pakistanis voted in an election that will mark the country’s first ever peaceful transition of power from one democratic government to the next, following the previous government’s unprecedented completion of its full five-year term. Pakistani voters … read more >

Thousands of Pakistanis queue for hours to cast their ballots at a polling station in Karachi

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Pakistan’s election: What the outcome means for Pakistan and the region

Reza Jan | May 13, 2013, 5:09 pm

Editor’s Note: For a more comprehensive account of the elections in Pakistan, please visit www.CriticalThreats.org. Pakistan voted on Saturday in a historic general election that marks the first full transition from one democratically elected civilian government to another in the … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy

The top 10 ObamaLeaks John Brennan needs to explain

Marc Thiessen | February 6, 2013, 10:40 am

When John Brennan appears for his confirmation hearing as the next CIA director tomorrow, he needs to explain to the Senate these ten major leaks of classified national security information from the Obama administration — including the strange timing of … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Defense

Tying the hands of our drone operators

Marc Thiessen | January 22, 2013, 11:11 am

Does Barack Obama intend to end the drone war before leaving office four years from now? There are troubling indications that he may well do just that. After Obama took the oath of office four years ago, one of his … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Afghan pundits question ‘hasty’ transition

Ahmad Majidyar | January 15, 2013, 9:10 am

Afghan lawmakers, politicians, and security analysts warn that a hasty transition risks undoing the last decade’s achievements and aids efforts by the Taliban and al Qaeda to reconstitute in parts of the country. read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Banter #82: Drone Strikes, Pakistan, and the Taliban

Stuart James | January 11, 2013, 2:30 pm

Drones have played a major role of the United States’ war on terrorism. Earlier this month Mullah Nazir, a top Taliban commander in Pakistan, was killed by a drone strike and AEI’s Reza Jan is here to discuss the importance … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Zero troops in Afghanistan = zero drone strikes in Pakistan

Marc Thiessen | January 9, 2013, 1:03 pm

The New York Times reports today that the Obama administration is considering doing what it did in Iraq, and withdrawing all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by 2014: On the eve of a visit by President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, the … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, AfPak

Mapping the protests in Pakistan

Reza Jan | September 26, 2012, 9:17 am

Protests and violence have erupted across the Muslim world following the release on YouTube of “Innocence of Muslims,” a film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Nowhere has the violence been as intense as in Pakistan. read more >