For historian Ayesha Jalal, Pakistan's present woes are inseparable from the trauma of its birth.
Bernard Schwartz Fellow Philip Shishkin discusses Kyrgyzstan's democratic experiment and its chances for success.
This week, Vice President Biden travels to China to face his creditors. He is hoping to calm unease over the United States' much-criticized debt-ceiling deal and an upcoming decision on arms sales to Taiwan.
Allegations that China is behind massive computer hacking operations should be no surprise, argues Jamie Metzl. (Views expressed are those personally held by the author.)
Economist Haris Gazdar likens US-Pakistani relations to a "sleazy affair" requiring plausible deniability.