In Pakistan 
Anatol Lieven
Complacency was the greatest danger I faced in Pakistan last month. I didn’t visit Quetta or Jacobabad, where serious rioting took place and the police shot several people dead, and everywhere else – especially in Punjab, where the fate of Pakistan has always been decided – the demonstrations were small and easily contained. They were also overshadowed by a heavily armed military and police presence.
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Anatol Lieven reported from Moscow for the Times from 1990 to 1996 and is now a senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington DC. His latest book is Ethical Realism: A Vision for America’s Role in the World.
Other articles by this contributor:
We do not deserve these people · America and its Army
The Push for War · The Threat from America
A Trap of Their Own Making · the consequences of the new imperialism
Preserver and Destroyer · Pakistan’s Predicament
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