“By underscoring American support for civilian rule by engaging primarily with Sharif and his foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, Biden’s team would belatedly make Pakistan a part of the president’s policy of strengthening democracy against autocracy. This should usher in a new era of stability in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship that has seen too many highs and lows—essentially because the relationship has been predicated on America’s goals in Afghanistan,” argue Bruce Riedel and Madiha Afzal.
The prospect of expanding broadband use across the United States has inspired more political collegiality than many other issues around infrastructure reform. Blair Levin discusses how the pandemic helped establish bipartisan consensus and outlines what the government should do next to improve high-speed internet access.
About one in every six tax dollars that are owed to the U.S. federal government are not paid. William Gale, Swati Joshi, Christopher Pulliam, and John Sabelhaus examine the massive “leakages” and how this problem can be addressed.
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