Protesters torpedo ASEAN summit;
A bailout for Pakistan

Thailand-Cambodia tensions on the rise;
Pakistan pushes back (against Washington)

Afghan supply routes... through Iran?;
Solidarity with Manila

Murmansk goes against the grain;
A security pact with Abkhazia, South Ossetia

Missile fears in East Asia;
Carrots and sticks for the Taliban

The LTTE on the ropes;
Abu Sayyaf: back in action

A rising death toll in Afghanistan;
Islamabad cuts a deal with the Islamists

Gaming North Korea's future stability;
Karzai on the outs

The next Kim;
The Taliban does strategic communications

Indo-American missile defense talks inch forward;
The Afghan "surge" and the global economy

Russia's expanding Middle East presence;
An end to the gas crisis

A repeat of Russian failures in Afghanistan?;
Rebuilding the U.S.-Pakistani military partnership

Bypassing Pakistan; A helping hand from Kazakhstan; Ankara cracks the whip on Ergenekon; Al-Qaeda's biological blunder

Six Party Talks still stalled;
Realizing a Taliban/al-Qaeda rift

As the conflict in Iraq winds down, the “forgotten front” of the War on Terror, Afghanistan, has moved back into the forefront of the national security debate. Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan (hereafter OEF) is aptly named, since the conflict will endure long into the next administration. Whoever takes the oath of office in January of 2009 will face the same types of challenges in Afghanistan that have bedeviled the current administration since 2001, and to an extent have been characteristic of Afghan politics for decades.

Arming Pakistan's tribes;
Toward detente with the Taliban?

AMID TENSIONS, INDIA FORTIFIES BORDER WITH CHINA...; ... WHILE CHINA LOOKS TO PLAY THE KASHMIR CARD; BANGLADESH SHUTS THE DOOR ON HIZB-UT TAHRIR; MRAP GETS A MAKEOVER FOR AFGHANISTAN

A new nuclear partnership with India;
Taking a different tack toward the Taliban

Syria,nukes, and North Korea;In Iraq, two steps forward; Pipelines and Politics in Central Asia;PKK threatens Washington; A Europe-Afghan railroad in the works?;

Militants take to the airwaves in Pakistan;
Foreign fighters creep into Kashmir