Arif Rafiq

Arif Rafiq is president of Vizier Consulting, a political risk advisory firm focused on the Middle East and South Asia.

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Musharraf’s Great Folly Tests the Army

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Coup Season

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Killing the ‘Good Taliban’

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So Much for the Good War

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Amateur Hour in Chicago

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Pete Souza/White House via Getty Images

The Coming Civil War in Afghanistan

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The Imran Khan Phenomenon

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The Pakistan-China spat that wasn’t

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The bin Laden aftermath: Pakistan caught in a web of lies

The South Asia Channel
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Pakistan’s Persian Gulf balancing act

The South Asia Channel
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Anne of leaked cables and the myth of infinite American influence in Pakistan

The South Asia Channel
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Pakistan and the United States: frenemies in need can be friendsindeed

The South Asia Channel
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AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images

The Kayani era continues

The South Asia Channel
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AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistan to America: What have you done for us lately?

The South Asia Channel
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Politics, Karachi style

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