28 Jan 010 - IISS-US Discussion Meeting - 'Pakistan's War Within'

On January 28, 2010, C Christine Fair, Assistant Professor at the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, spoke on her article, “Pakistan’s War Within”  (co-written with Seth Jones),  in the December 2009-January 2010 issue of Survival.  Andrew Parasiliti, Executive Director, IISS-US, and Corresponding Director, IISS-Middle east, moderated the discussion.

 Survival - Pakistan's War Within

By C. Christine Fair and Seth G. Jones

Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, vol. 51, no. 6, December 2009–January 2010

Since the Obama administration took office in January the United States has, rightly or wrongly, viewed Afghanistan and Pakistan as a single theatre of operations. Key to this strategy is the defeat of Islamist militants and insurgent groups in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and other parts of Pakistan, including the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP). But Washington cannot fight the war in Pakistan; it must rely on Islamabad. Can the Pakistanis succeed? Read More