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What does it mean when the rules that had quietly structured political life until now are rendered obsolete? In FP’s latest print package, our writers and contributors survey the extent of the damage.
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- Pakistan’s young voters are no longer prepared to act out roles in a play written for them, they want to have a say.
- A new generation of voters has emerged in Pakistan who want to have the power to choose their own leaders, not leave the country in the hands of the military that has maintained a granitic grip on politics for most of its history, Omar Waraich writes.
- The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party seems to have broken the military’s stranglehold on political control, giving cause for some optimism about the future of Pakistan’s democracy, @MichaelKugelman writes.
- EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump pressed senior aides last June to devise and carry out a campaign to discredit senior FBI officials after learning that those specific officials were likely to be witnesses against him. bit.ly/2EcVRTd
- Above all, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party’s feat has crystallized voters’ capacity to overcome the military’s influence on politics and could embolden those calling for the military to take a back seat, @MichaelKugelman writes.
- The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party won’t take power, but it capitalized on public discontent to deliver a rebuke to the establishment.
- Even a slowing and aging president is leagues ahead of Trump, given Biden’s unparalleled institutional knowledge, columnist @michaelphirsh writes.
- Pakistan needs reconciliation, but the next government will only bring more political conflict.
- Although the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party’s surprising performance in the recent election damaged the military’s reputation and mystique, the military’s ability to influence the course of events remains intact.
- The editors of Foreign Policy have never endorsed a candidate for political office -- until now. atfp.co/2ddwzZc
- Khan has broken the taboos of Pakistani politics. In doing so, he may have kicked off the beginnings of a digital democratic revolution, argues FP’s @AzeemIbrahim.
- The country’s most popular politician is locked in a battle with its most powerful institution.
- It’s looking increasingly likely that the world’s richest man got played.
