Author: Bruce Riedel, Brookings Institution & Johns Hopkins University

The struggle for control of Pakistan — soon to be the world’s fifth most populous country, holding the world’s fifth largest nuclear arsenal — intensifies every day.

The outcome is far from certain. The key player, Pakistan’s army, seems dangerously ambivalent about which side should prevail: the jihadist Frankenstein it created, or the democratically-elected civilian government it despises. Read more…