Daniel Markey

Council on Foreign Relations

Guest

Senior Fellow and South Asia expert for the Council on Foreign Relations; former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Staff for South and Central Asia (2003-2007)

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Pakistan is crucial to US interests, with a growing nuclear arsenal and a strategic location, but ties to anti-American terrorists and political unrest have strained relations.

Can the US and Pakistan Mend an Uneasy Alliance

Pakistan is crucial to US interests, with a growing nuclear arsenal and a strategic location, but ties to anti-American terrorists and political unrest have strained relations.

from To the Point

Raymond Davis, a CIA agent, sits in a Pakistani jail while the US worries that extraordinary security might not be enough to keep him alive.

The Case of Raymond Davis and a Crisis Between Two Uneasy allies; Washington and Islamabad

Raymond Davis, a CIA agent, sits in a Pakistani jail while the US worries that extraordinary security might not be enough to keep him alive.

from Which Way, L.A.?

Raymond Davis, a CIA agent, sits in a Pakistani jail while the US worries that extraordinary security might not be enough to keep him alive.

The Case of Raymond Davis and a Crisis Between Two Uneasy allies; Washington and Islamabad

Raymond Davis, a CIA agent, sits in a Pakistani jail while the US worries that extraordinary security might not be enough to keep him alive.

from To the Point

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