Robin Raphel on the New U.S. Strategy in South Asia

The new U.S. effort to stabilize Afghanistan includes a more confrontational approach toward neighboring Pakistan. What are the advantages and costs of that approach, and how should the United States now calibrate its engagement with Pakistan? On October 18, four former senior American officials, who collectively have worked through decades of turbulent U.S.-Pakistan relations, will debate these questions and the impact of the new U.S. approach on Pakistan and the region.

In this excerpt, Robin Raphel assesses the new U.S. strategy in South Asia and Pakistan's reactions to it. Raphel is a former U.S. assistant secretary of state. She is now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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