Daniel Markey
There are many ways to deal with unpleasant problems. Changing the subject is one.
This week, a Pakistani delegation arrived in
In recent memory, all visiting Pakistani leaders have been subjected to extensive American lectures about how
This time around,
Kayani came armed with a fifty-six page book on ways
Let there be no mistake, the Pakistani delegation came ready to do business, but not the business that normally sits at the top of the U.S. agenda. Many of the items on Kayani's wish list serve a longstanding Pakistani goal: to resolve strategic challenges posed by
A good number of the items on
Chief among them is the request for a civil-nuclear deal like the one
Yet senior Obama administration officials have gamely entertained this and other Pakistani requests, avoiding "no" when "let's keep talking" might do. Their approach has merit, even if
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