{"product_id":"9781101565834","title":"Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan","description":"\u003cb\u003e The leading journalist on Pakistan lays out America's options  with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the post-Bin Laden years. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat are the possibilities-and hazards-facing America as it  withdraws from Afghanistan and as it reviews its long engagement in  Pakistan? Where is the Taliban now in both these countries? What does  the immediate future hold and what are America's choices as President  Obama considers our complicated history and faces reelection?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are some of the crucial questions that Ahmed Rashid-  Pakistan's preeminent journalist-takes on in this follow-up to his  acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDescent into Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e. Rashid correctly predicted that  the Iraq war would have to be refocused into Afghanistan and that  Pakistan would emerge as the leading player through which American  interests and actions would have to be directed. Now, as Washington and  the rest of the West wrestle with negotiating with unreliable and  unstable \"allies\" in Pakistan, there is no better guide to the dark  future than Ahmed Rashid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe focuses on the long-term problems-the changing casts of  characters, the future of international terrorism, and the actual  policies and strategies both within Pakistan and Afghanistan and among  the Western allies-as the world tries to bring some stability to a  fractured region saddled with a legacy of violence and corruption. The  decisions made by America and the West will affect the security and  safety of the world. And as he has done so well in the past, Rashid  offers sensible solutions and provides a way forward for all three  countries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106325840112,"sku":"9781101565834","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101565834_p0.jpg?v=1763687825","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101565834","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}