Pakistan

A temporary Taliban truce, despite the opportunity it presents, doesn’t mean peace is about to break out anytime soon.

China's vast foreign investment program comes at a sharp cost to human rights and good governance

A prominent Pakistani doctor suspects he is on the no-fly list. He’s demanding the right to find out why.

The United States can’t sit back and watch as China quietly colonizes the West.

Trump has resumed the bombing campaign in Pakistan, but this time it’s targeting the Taliban.

The White House is talking tough, but previous U.S. presidents never managed to persuade Islamabad to fight Afghan militants.

The real threat to Turkey isn’t the Kurds. It’s the Islamic State.

There’s no clear upside — and plenty of potential downsides — to punching Pyongyang in the nose.

Why Islamabad isn’t worried about threats to cut off U.S. aid

Even after the Pentagon chief’s visit to Islamabad, the two sides remain at an impasse.

A brave new book describes how Pakistan unraveled — and provides a blueprint for understanding declining pluralism across the Middle East.

A new willingness to use force beyond its borders suggests that a sleeping giant may be awakening.

The Booker Prize nominee talks Trump, refugees, and truth.

There's absolutely no reason to close down the path to peace in Afghanistan.

With all the press on Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate’s (ISI) activities over the years, our shelves should be bulging with books dissecting the service.

It might seem like the Pakistani military is trying to defang its ostensible adversaries. It's really trying to empower them.

The former Afghan president sees only more killing in Trump's plan for his country.

U.S. aid to Pakistan was falling even before the president’s speech

Details may be slim, but the president nailed the "why" of America's longest war — and boldly went against his political base.