Pakistan A Hard Country By Anatol LievenIn the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million people, a 500,000 man army, nuclear weapons, and a large diaspora in Britain and North America, Pakistan is central to the hopes of jihadis and the fears of their enemies. Yet the greatest short term threat to Pakistan is not Islamist insurgency as such, but the actions of the United States, and the greatest