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Yemen’s Uncertain Future

January 7, 2010 in Al Qaeda, Guantanamo, Islam, Islamist, Obama, Oil, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, U.S., Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Yemen | Tags: Al Qaeda, Arabian Penninsula, Guantanamo, Islam, Islamist, Obama, Oil, Suadi Arabia, Terrorism, U.S., Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Yemen | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Read about the problems in Yemen’s future here.

Tete a tete with Hillary Clinton

December 16, 2009 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Belfer Center, China, Defense, Democracy, Development, E.U., Economic Crisis, Economic Meltdown, Economy, Education, Election, Elections, EU, European Union, Foreign Fighters, Foreign Policy, Hassan Abbas, Hillary Clinton, India, Instability, Insurgency, ISI, Islam, Islamabad, Militants, Miltary, Obama, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, Peace, Police, Poverty, Secretary of State, Security, South Asia, Taliban, Terrorism, U.S., War | Tags: Af-Pak, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, China, Democracy, E.U., Hassan Abbas, Hillary Clinton, military, Obama, Pakistan, Palestine, Police, Taliban, Terrorism | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Hassan Abbas

Hassan Abbas interviews Hillary Clinton on her recent trip to Pakistan. Read the exchange here

Aslan’s Cosmic War

April 30, 2009 in 9/11, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bloggingheads, Caliphate, Failed States, George W. Bush, GWOT, How to Win a Cosmic War, Islam, Jihadism, New York Times, Reihan Salam, Religion, Reza Aslan, Terrorism, War, War on Terror | Tags: 9/11, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Bloggingheads, Caliphate, Failed States, George W. Bush, GWOT, How to Win a Cosmic War, Islam, Jihadism, New York Times, Reihan Salam, Religion, Reza Aslan, Terrorism, War, War on Terror | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Reza Aslan

Network 20/20 member Reza Aslan, author of the just released “How to Win a Cosmic War”, and Reihan Salam discuss the “War on Terror”. Watch them here.

Children of the Taliban

April 15, 2009 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Frontline World, military, Pakistan, Peshawar, Poverty, Sharia, Suicide Bombing, Swat, Taliban, Terrorism, Women's Education | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Frontline World, military, Pakistan, Peshawar, Poverty, Sharia, Suicide Bombing, Swat, Taliban, Terrorism, Women's Education | by network2020 | Leave a comment

This heartbreaking video from Frontline World chronicles the spread of the Taliban in Pakistan. Watch it here.

Is She Selling the Wrong Plan?

March 31, 2009 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, Kabul, Pakistan, Reza Aslan, Secretary of State, Taliban | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, Kabul, Pakistan, Reza Aslan, Secretary of State, Taliban | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Secretary Clinton just committed $40 million to support elections in Afghanistan. But her boss appears to be dangerously abandoning the commitment President Bush showed to building democracy there.

Read Network 20/20 member Reza Aslan’s analysis from The Daily Beast here

Obama’s Worst Nightmare

January 12, 2009 in A.Q. Kahn, Al Qaeda, David Sanger, India, Khalid Kidwai, military, Nuclear, Nuclear Terrorism, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Proliferation, Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, Terrorism, U.S., Weapons | Tags: A.Q. Kahn, Al Qaeda, David Sanger, India, Khalid Kidwai, military, Nuclear, Nuclear Terrorism, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Proliferation, Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, Taliban, Terrorism, U.S., Weapons | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Pakistan’s nuclear security is the subject of intense speculation. Read what the security experts have to say here.

A Refugee Crisis in Afghanistan

December 5, 2008 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Poverty, Refugees, Taliban, War | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Poverty, Refugees, Taliban, War | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Nearly 300,000 Afghans returned home from Pakistan in 2008. With winter approaching, many are on the brink of desperation in the eastern desert. Watch the video here

A New President vs. a Rising Taliban

November 2, 2008 in Al Qaeda, Election, FATA, Foreign Fighters, Imtiaz Ali, NATO, North-West Frontier Province, Pakista, PPP, Taliban | Tags: Al Qaeda, Election, FATA, Foreign Fighters, Imtiaz Ali, NATO, North-West Frontier Province, Pakista, PPP, Taliban | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Yale World Fellow, Network 20/20 member and Pakistan Delegate Imtiaz Ali writes about the challenges facing the next President of the Unites States. Read about Pakistan’s Taliban activity here.

Pakistan’s Border Problems

July 17, 2008 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Asia, Belfer Center, Council on Foreign Relations, Harvard University, Islam, military, Musharraf, Muslims, North-West Frontier Province, NWFP, Pakistan, Peshawar, Security, Taliban, Terrorism, U.S., Weapons | Tags: Afghanistan, Islamic, Militants, NATO, Pakistan, Tribal, U.S. | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Pakistan is coming under increasing pressure to crack down on cross border militant attacks. Read about it here.

U.S. is a regional player in the Middle East

June 20, 2008 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Arab Militia, Baghdad, Belfer Center, Democracy, Economy, Egypt, Elections, Gaza, Harvard University, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jordon, Lebanon, Middle East, military, Muslims, Nuclear, Oil, Palestine, Palestinians, Resources, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tehran, Terrorism, Turkey, U.S. | Tags: Arab, Belfer Center, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, U.S. | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Rami Khouri writes thoughtfully about the US role in the Mid-East. Read it here