Pakistan

Missing in the presidential debate over Pakistan are two critical points, first, it was the U.S. strategy in the war on terror, resulting in the disappearances of more than 500 Pakistani citizens, that triggered the erosion of General Musharraf's support. Second, that neither the Taleban nor the United States are well liked in Pashtun areas. Unless the next U.S. administration takes these two facts to heart, says American Strategy Program Senior Research Fellow Anatol Lieven writing in The National Interest, Pakistan will soon be lost to extremism.

Pakistan's parliamentary elections may have significantly backfied on President Musharraf, says New America President and CEO Steve Coll appearing on Jim Lehrer's The News Hour.