From The American Interest, Borderline Insanity: Thinking big about Afghanistan; and an article on drugs and development in Afghanistan. Joschka Fischer on Afghanistan and the future of NATO. Next-Gen Taliban: Pakistan’s younger Islamic militants are bringing the jihad waged in Afghanistan back home: breaking with senior mullahs, renouncing elections and killing police officers, soldiers and, perhaps, Benazir Bhutto. From The Economist, a cover story on Pakistan, the world's most dangerous place (and more). From Time, an article on why Pakistan matters. A review of The Nuclear Jihadist: The True Story of the Man Who Sold the World's Most Dangerous Secrets...and How We Could Have Stopped Him by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins.
