Pakistan-U.S. relations

Pakistan’s relevance in the Middle East theater is natural, and it is about time that Pakistan leverages that relevance to alleviate its isolation.

A strategic courtship with China is necessary, but Pakistan also needs the U.S. to address its economic and security challenges.

There are strategic, economic, and geopolitical reasons for Islamabad to prefer ties with Washington over Moscow.

A changing geopolitical landscape requires the U.S. to re-evaluate its South Asia policy and how it positions the region within its larger strategic calculus. 

This was General Bajwa’s last trip to Washington before his six-year term as military chief ends in November.

Are Pakistan and the United States on the same page regarding militants in Afghanistan?

The role of the United States in the ongoing Kashmir crisis isn’t well understood.

The agreement would bolster the United States’ end-user monitoring of Pakistan’s F-16s.

Did Imran Khan accomplish much during his trip to Washington?

Imran Khan has promised a 'new Pakistan'. Can he deliver?

Imran Khan wins ‘big’ in Pakistan, but can he implement his ‘big’ ideas on foreign policy?

When Pakistan’s national airline suspended U.S. flights, the immigrant community struggled to send their dead home.

What are the issues and flashpoints that will come to define Asia in 2018?

Washington’s least best-laid plans will invariably go awry.

A Chinese naval base in Pakistan would present substantial risks.

A nuclear deal with Pakistan is simply not worth the effort for the United States.

The Diplomat's Sanjay Kumar speaks with former Pakistan ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani about his book Magnificent Delusions, the state of Pakistan, and its complex relations with India, Afghanistan, and the United States.