Pakistan's calculated policy softens US - The Nation

Thursday, February 8, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

Pakistan’s aggressive policy after President Donald Trump’s aid snub has forced the United States to soften its approach towards Pakistan with Washington conditionally ready to grant concessions, diplomatic sources said.

Who’s the Fearless Leader Now? - New Republic

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

The Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone, the world’s most fortified border and of late perhaps its grandest stage for political theater, has been the site of uncommon activity. On January 8, delegations from the North and the South hammered out an agreement at the DMZ’s Joint Security Area allowing...

Hijab Protests Expose Iran’s Core Divide - New Yorker

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

By: Robin Wright

News Type: USIP in the News

It was the quietest protest Iran has ever witnessed. Vida Movahed, a thirty-one-year-old mother of a toddler, stood atop a large utility box on Tehran’s busy Enghelab Street and removed the hijab head covering that all women are required to wear by law. Her jet-black hair cascaded far down her back. She then tied...

America’s ISIS Jihadists Were Largely Duds - New Yorker

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

By: Robin Wright

News Type: USIP in the News

For all the hype about Americans joining isis, the majority never saw combat during the Islamic State’s three-year rule. They were largely marginal players in the jihadist caliphate—often working in menial jobs as cooks, mechanics, cleaners, or orderlies. In the end, many became...

US-Pakistan Relations Worsen as Both Sides Dig In - VOA

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

When the term Af-Pak was introduced into U.S. foreign policy lingo around 2008, presumably by Richard Holbrooke, who would later become the first U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, many Pakistanis resented the phrase.