Background on the News - 2008-01-23

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January 23, 2008

Pakistan on the Brink

	As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf tours Europe, violence along the border with Afghanistan continues and many observers doubt whether the elections scheduled for February 18 will be free and fair. In the January/February 2002 issue of Foreign Affairs, Anatol Lieven considered the consequences for Pakistan and the world if Musharraf's government were to fall. In the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, widespread violence and instability has brought this question to the fore once again. Full text of original essay (January/February 2002)
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	Previously in Background on the News
	Kenya's Great Rift January 9, 2008 Violence has engulfed Kenya in the wake of a disputed December 27 election, calling into question the country's reputation as an island of stability and prosperity in an otherwise unstable region. . . . Read more

	Emperor Musharraf's New Clothes December 5, 2007 On November 28, General Pervez Musharraf gave up his military uniform and began to govern as a civilian. . . . Read more

	Withered Rose? November 21, 2007 On November 7, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili — the hero of Georgia's 2003 Rose Revolution and a darling of the West — declared a state of emergency and sent riot police into the streets of Tbilisi. . . . Read more

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