UncategorizedHow to beat an insurgency by killing fewer people (III)David Kilcullen, former counter-insurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq, argues that American drone attacks in Pakistan...
OttawaAnother job for Ari and Mike"So yesterday, Zardari did what any sensible world leader would do in a time of crisis: He went to see Wolf Blitzer ."
OttawaPakistan slides closer to hellNothing is more dangerous than a nuclear-armed state on the brink of violent failure
OttawaObama’s face: a weapon of limited utilityAndrew Sullivan, 2007 : And how’s that going? Some of the answer comes from the Washington Post , this morning : On a...
GeneralWomen’s Rights: The Human Rights Issue of the CenturyThe video depicting the abhorrent flogging of a Pakistani teenage girl by the Taliban in the Swat region has sent shockwaves...
OttawaPakistan: Hair on fireLet’s connect a few different data points so I can show you why I think events in Pakistan may very quickly come to a head — why...
WorldThe rise of ‘Talqaeda’How the Taliban is winning in Pakistan and why that’s disastrous for the West
OttawaObama and Afghanistan/Pakistan I: Parsing the President’s speechPaul Wells: The new strategy looks different in several key ways