The United States rolled into Iraq in 2003 and quickly toppled the tyrant Saddam Hussein. But it collapsed the Iraqi state and unleashed a vicious insurgency that ultimately ended in a US defeat.

Chickens have come home to roost in Pakistan. It is an open secret now that the suppression of human rights and sectarian violence has taken the toll of the society and polity in Pakistan. Every ...

I join all those appealing for de-escalation and urgent diplomatic negotiations to end these attacks and find a way forward. And I call for full respect of international law by both sides, in ...