Asif Ali Zardari (shown in March, 2008 file photo), became Pakistan's new president after being elected by parliament on Saturday, September 6, 2008. Zardari, 53, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, succeeds Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who was forced to resign last month under the threat of impeachment. He spent 11 years in jail on corruption charges that were not proven, and is seen as strongly pro-Western and supportive of U.S. efforts to battle militant Taliban extremists both in neighboring Afghanistan as well as in Pakistan itself. (UPI Photo/Sajjad Ali Qureshi/Files)
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Rainbow – or Guns of August?
Back in Oct. 2005, two months after he had become president, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – or as Jay Leno calls the tongue-twister, "I'm-a-dinner-jacket" – drew world attention when he called for Israel to be wiped off the map. Denials were slow in coming. Various Iranian experts said he had been misquoted when he painted the broad brush strokes of history when a purely Jewish state would cease to exist.
Settlement in Afghanistan: Back to 1997?
Lessons from Taliban-Northern Alliance Agreement
Pakistan's democracy tackles terror
"The only way that Pakistan is going to be able to fight terrorism effectively is to have a legitimate, democratically-elected, secular government that can rally the Pakistani people to engage al-Qaida, the Taliban, and other extremist movements." These were the words of Bruce Riedel, a regional expert who served in both the Bush senior and Clinton administrations, last December.
Will Yousaf Raza Gilani change Pakistan?
Perhaps the most notable aspect of Yousaf Raza Gilani's conduct upon his ascension as Pakistan's new prime minister has been his lack of apparent vitriol toward President Pervez Musharraf.
OP-ED: Rehan Jamil - Muslims & Israel
Why Pakistan and Israel are at a Stalemate
EDITORIAL: Pakistan's democracy outbreak
"Be careful what you wish for … you may get it," might be the mantra running through the minds of U.S. foreign policy officials as they prepare to deal with Pakistan's new government.
OP-ED: Pyotr Goncharov – Pakistan politics
Pakistan - New Coalition, Old Collisions
Taliban defeat in North-West Frontier?
To some commentators, the results of Pakistan's Feb. 18 elections in its restive North-West Frontier Province appear to be a significant strategic victory for the United States.
