Kashmir
Anthony Shadid's Legacy, the Neglected Genius of Winsor McCay, and Life in Kashmir: Today's TNR Reader
Editor's Note: We'll be running the article recommendations of our friends at TNR Reader each afternoon on The Plank, just in time to print out or save for your commute home. Enjoy! Winsor McCay, the neglected artistic genius whose vivid creations have been lost to time, was the greatest illustrator of the twentieth century. City Journal | 13 min (3, 178 words) READ MORE >>
Europe’s Other Crisis
Europe’s Angry Muslims: The Revolt of the Second Generation By Robert S. Leiken (Oxford University Press, 354 pp., $27.95) After the Fall: The End of the European Dream and the Decline of a Continent By Walter Laqueur (Thomas Dunne Books, 322 pp., $26.99) READ MORE >>
Sinking Fast
Asymmetric Actors
Pakistan’s long conflict with India shapes its national security worldview. Far smaller and weaker than its neighbor, Pakistan compensates with far higher military spending and a larger Army than it can afford, creating a national security state. India is never far from the minds of Pakistan’s national leaders, but the differential in size is such that Pakistan has had to develop a strategic triad of national security tools in order to counter it. READ MORE >>
Cry, the Beloved Country
Pakistan: A Hard Country By Anatol Lieven (PublicAffairs, 558 pp., $35) Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad By Bruce Riedel (Brookings Institution Press, 180 pp., $24.95) Pakistan: Terrorism Ground Zero By Rohan Gunaratna and Khuram Iqbal (University of Chicago Press, 320 pp., $29) READ MORE >>
Stanley Kauffmann on Films: Ends of the Earth
Zero Bridge The Film Desk Artists Public Domain Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Strand Releasing READ MORE >>
Sudan Dispatch: Exhausted By Diplomacy
Should the CIA Turn Against Pakistan's Spies?
Author's House Attacked
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