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Experts hope for a reset in US-Pakistan ties Islamabad cannot be seen through the old Afghanistan lens Imran Khan meeting Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. PHOTO: AFP KARACHI: As the United States prepares to inaugurate the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. administration, experts are hoping that the 46th President would reset ties with Pakistan, moving past the limited scope of their transactional relationship that has mostly revolved around the Afghan conflict.  “The in the face conversation about security concerns don’t need to happen the same way now,” said Dr. Moeed Yu...

China has embarked on a grand journey west. Officials in Beijing are driven by aspirations of leadership across their home continent of Asia, feelings of being hemmed in on their eastern flank by U.S. alliances, and their perception that opportunities await across Eurasia and the Indian Ocean. Along the way, their first stop is South Asia, which this report defines as comprising eight countries—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka—along with the Indian Ocean (particularly the eastern portions but with implications for its entirety). China’s ti...

agenda later. first your take on a candidate's personal life. does it matter? the numbers are on the screen. here is the "atlantic constitution-journal." ginger white says that she has had an affair, and herman cain went on television to deny the affair. "washington post" this morning, this is their headline. they say this, in an interview, ginger white offered details of a 13-year affair with a cane, with repeated calls and text messages from the a number she said belonged to the presidential contender. her name was passed on to reporters by someone you knew of the relationship. mor...

they belong. >> george mcgovern's pledge of the 1972 democratic convention came a decade after the one of the first senators to speak out publicly against the vietnam war. the senator from south dakota suffered a landslide defeat to president nixon but his ground- breaking campaign changed american politics in the democratic party. george mcgovern is featured on c-span's "the contenders." live friday 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> barney frank of massachusetts announced his retirement effective at the end of this congressional term. his career spanned more than three decades and included the ...

just totally what they want privately, do you think that the democrats would make her their minority leader? >> i think they would be less likely to. >> she's such a powerful inside player in terms of raising money and how she operates internally, but i don't think anybody wants to have it all right of what could be done to them, you know, in a race. and i think the division like bob said, it's practical politics. but i also think the division right now, perhaps the biggest danger for the president is somebody moving on the left because of war policy and the like. >> go ahead, mark. ...