US Can Learn from its History in "Af-Pak" Region
Matthew Rudolph, Georgetown University | September 27, 2010
In order to stabilize the region, the US needs to realize that Pakistan is the driving source of regional insecurity, not its neighbor. ++ It should be treated the same way as South Korea in the 1960s, by encouraging bottom up trade and investment instead of military hand outs. ++ Moreover, as in Vietnam, current US counter-terrorism strategy lacks the regional experience to understand the nationalist character of the Taliban-Pashtun dynamics on the Af-Pak borders. ++ A shift in focus to Pakistan is the key.
