The Pakistani Rubix Cube

by Patrick Appel

Steve Coll fidgets with it:

Economic growth is not a panacea for social ills or political disarray, but policies designed to unleash Pakistan's economy during the next decade are far more likely to reduce the threat of Taliban-inspired revolution than are military operations and drone strikes. Examples of success exist: Indonesia, which, like Pakistan, has a large Muslim population and implausible borders left behind by imperialists, suffered badly a decade ago from...