Friends Like These: The U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Partnership.

The article assesses the impact of the Afghan War on the strategic partnership between the U.S. and Pakistan. The conflict between the countries is attributed to the duplicitous regional strategy of Pakistan. Pakistan is said to be strongly associated with Islamic extremism by the new generation of policymakers. The author criticizes the plan of the White House to provide Pakistan with more military, intelligence and economic support despite the controversial role of Pakistan in the Afghan War.