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Khyber impasse

How long can the United States and Pakistan keep pretending that they actually have any interests in common? Read the full article here.

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James Traub
By , a columnist at Foreign Policy and nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation.
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How long can the United States and Pakistan keep pretending that they actually have any interests in common?

How long can the United States and Pakistan keep pretending that they actually have any interests in common?

Read the full article here.

James Traub is a columnist at Foreign Policy, nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation, and author of the book What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present and Promise of A Noble Idea. Twitter: @jamestraub1

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