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Pakistan is stuck fast in a crisis of governability.

Domestic politics still clashes with strategic imperatives in U.S. Afghan policy.

A man named George Cornewall Lewis saved the Union. Really.

After decades of doubt and confusion, the Union turns out to have been worth fighting for after all.

To whom are we planning to hand off the war against the Taliban? An inside look at the Afghan National Army.

H/T to Foreign Policy for bringing this to our attention. It appears from a 2008 cable released by Wikileaks that the US envoys in India were a little frustrated by Indian delyaing tactics and decided to let off some steam in a cable to the home office. Read the cable here on Wikileaks, and some […]

From the NYT: In a gale wind from [Hurricane Irene], a hollowed-out branch of an enormous tree was ripped off, exposing a hive of 30,000 to 40,000 honeybees. The hive’s discovery was a jackpot for the beekeeping community and word spread quickly on Facebook and Twitter that a feral hive was up for grabs.This being […]