Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist and author, most recently of Descentinto Chaos: The US and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.Rights: © 2009 Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. YaleGlobalOnline
The crisis in Pakistan leaves the US with few policy options. Large injections of cash are no alternative to the real issue, which Obama certainly cannot address: the lack of leadership in a country that teeters on the edge of chaos.
Ahmed Rashid is a Pakistani journalist and author, most recently of Descentinto Chaos: The US and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.Rights: © 2009 Yale Center for the Study of Globalization. YaleGlobalOnline