Pakistan

Trump is Upset with Pakistan. Here’s What You Need to Know.

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The Trump administration has cut off what is expected to be as much as $1.3 billion in annual security aid to Pakistan in an effort to compel this South Asian nation to end its support for terrorists. Is this a winning strategy? Unlikely. The United States has a longstanding relationship with Pakistan. However, in recent […]

Trump’s speech undermines Trump’s new strategy

By Donald Trump, White House

In Afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines, and we no longer tell our enemies of our plans.

Addressing the Terrorist Threat Emanating from Pakistan

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was right when he recently told an audience at the Atlantic Council that Pakistan’s leadership must eliminate terrorist safe havens, warning that a failure to do so could cause them to “lose control of their own country.” Tillerson said that the US-Pakistan relationship has “really deteriorated” over the past […]

Trump’s Afghanistan Strategy Turns Up the Heat on Pakistan

US President Donald J. Trump’s new strategy for Afghanistan effectively puts the onus on Pakistan to end its support for terrorists. If this strategy is to succeed, the United States must “adopt a very serious policy toward Pakistan,” said C. Christine Fair, the provost’s distinguished associate professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. […]

Trump Misses an Opportunity in Afghanistan

By Shuja Nawaz

US President Donald J. Trump should have stuck to his original line of questioning of his national security team before sharing his new “strategy” on Afghanistan and South Asia: what outcome are we seeking, and how will we get there? Trump’s August 21 speech, in which he outlined his policy on Afghanistan, exemplified the truth […]

Trump’s Commitment to Afghanistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US president’s policy will send a clear message to the region, said Atlantic Council’s James B. Cunningham US President Donald J. Trump’s approach to Afghanistan—marked by an indefinite US troop presence—sends a clear signal of the United States’ commitment to ending the war in that country, said James B. Cunningham, a nonresident senior fellow at […]