The White House Puts Pakistan's Elite Back on Top
Pakistan's military, which exercises effective control over that the nuclear-armed country, has an enviable tendency to land on its feet even after a crisis. The country may be facing an economic predicament, and recently endured a confrontation with India in which the weaknesses in its defenses were laid bare, but the 'establishment,' as the euphemism goes, has emerged stronger for it.
That is thanks, in large part, to President Donald Trump.
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