The contradictions and confusions in U.S. policy in South Asia were on full display during Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent visit…
The murderous assault on Bombay by Islamist militants, at least some of whom were from Pakistan, has exposed once again the grave…
As the current Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh risks his administration on a bid to override massive public opposition to entering into…
It has taken America’s leaders a long time to learn the lessons of nuclear weapons. President Harry Truman, who took the decision…
Five years ago the United States attacked and occupied Iraq. It has lost militarily, politically and morally. The end of the war…
In November 2007, eight years after he first seized power, and six years after declaring himself president, General Pervez Musharraf staged his…
The United States recently admitted that since the attacks of September 11, 2001, it has been helping Pakistan secure its nuclear weapons…
Proliferation watchers have kept track of A. Q. Khan’s activities for about 30 years. In 1979, the Washington Post named him as…
In a desperate bid to stay in power, General Pervez Musharraf has staged a coup against the rule of law in Pakistan.…
The United States sells death, destruction, and terror as a fundamental instrument of its foreign policy. It sees arms sales as a…
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