BY F.M. SHAKIL
A number of road, mass-transit and industrial zone projects have been taken off the table. Security, geopolitics, corruption and political chaos may all be factors.
By Bennett Seftel, The Cipher Brief: “Tensions that mounted during a deadly, Islamist protest in Pakistan last month were resolved not by the country’s civilian government, but by leaders of its military and intelligence agency. The incident was another reminder of who really holds the reins in a tumultuous nation that the U.S. has leaned on to help defeat terrorist adversaries and bring stability to Afghanistan. This reality has serious consequences for U.S. policymakers engaging with Pakistan.”