Other Countries Don't Share U.S. Fears about Pakistan

Diplomatic disagreements over whether it's a "failed state"

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Pakistan is one of the Obama administration's top priorities. The country has its own special envoy, the President has made speeches on its future, and Americans officials have only debated whether Pakistan is a failed state. Concerns over security in the country run so deep that President Obama is meeting with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan today at the White House. But the rest of the world may have more confidence in Pakistan. Jonathan Marcus is diplomatic correspondent for our partner the BBC, and he joins us from London to discuss the global view of Pakistan from the rest of the world.

"There are certainly very strong concerns about stability in Pakistan, but as yet no real alarm bells ringing that Pakistan is likely to go under. But that, of course, isn't to underestimate the scale of the problems involved."
—BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus on U.S. diplomacy in Pakistan

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