articles

 

Pakistan:

 

Like the Wild, Wild West. Plus Al-Qaeda, The Washington Post, 3/30/08

Musharraf Powerless, Islamists Defeated, Slate, 2/19/08

Pakistan Kicked Me Out. Others Were Less Lucky, The Washington Post, 2/3/08

On the Campaign Trail in Pakistan, Slate, 1/09/08-1/11/08

Next-Gen Taliban, The New York Times Magazine, 1/06/08

We are Ready to Die, The Virginia Quarterly Review, 1/03/08

What's Next for Pakistan? Slate, 12/27/07

Pak It In, The New Republic, 11/10/07

The Hardest Part, TNR Online, 11/09/07

Martial Lawyers, Slate, 11/07/07

In the Name of God, Mother Jones, 7/19/07

My Buddy, The Jihadi, The Washington Post, 7/15/07

Farewell, My Jihadi Friend, Slate, 7/11/07

Street Fighting Men, TNR Online, 7/3/07

Radical Sheik, TNR Online, 6/21/07

Des mollahs à l'école de l'Occident, L'actualité, 6/1/07 (in French)

Pakistan's new ethnic war, Slate, 5/17/07

Waiting for the Worst, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 2007

Reforming Pakistan's 'Dens of Terror,' Truthdig, 1/22/07

Getting to Know the General, The Washington Monthly, January/February 2007

 

Saudi Arabia:

Inside Saudi Arabia, Slate, 4/17/08-4/18/08

 

Afghanistan:

 

Democracy is Not a Postcard, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Winter 2008

 

Bangladesh:

 

Revolution: The Islamist challenge to secular Bangladesh, Boston Review, May/June 2007

Who'd Be an Untouchable?, Slate, 4/19/07

Among the Missionaries, Slate, 4/18/07

Refugees or Rebels?, Slate, 4/17/07

The Army Comes to the Rescue, Slate, 4/16/07

 

Central Asia:

 

In Central Asia, New Players, Same Game, The Washington Post, 1/29/06

Borderline Mess, The American Prospect Online, 1/25/06

Kyrgyzstan Appears Set for Continued Uncertainty in 2006, Eurasianet, 1/3/06

Dushanbe's Living History, Foreign Policy, January/February 2006

Valley of Jihad, The Weekly Standard, 12/26/05

In central Asia, US bid to be a "friendly" base, The Christian Science Monitor, 10/31/05

A Bridge too far in Central Asia?, Asia Times Online, 9/28/05

 

Iran:

 

No Westerners Allowed, Contra Costa Times, 6/5/05

Between the Mullahs and Bush, The Progressive, April 2005

The Art of Brinkmanship, Henry L. Stimson Center, 12/23/04

The paradox of anti-Americanism in Iran, The Daily Star, 11/17/04

 

 

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