Richard Holbrooke: “I stress again, Senator, the enemies of Pakistan are the same as the enemies of the United States.”

When we met with them, they told us that Punjabi military coming into a Pashtun area are as alien as it would be if they were NATO troops.

The phrase 'Kerry-Lugar' has a talismanic quality in the Pakistani press now. It's not just the amount of money, it's the fact that it is now read as a symbol of our intentions to stick around and be serious about it.

You cannot succeed in Afghanistan without Pakistan's involvement.

Haiti's vulnerability to natural disaster is not just a matter of weak building codes and poor infrastructure, but, more fundamentally, the result of having an exceptionally weak state.