The Implications of the Pakistani Military's Overreach on Policymaking

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No Pakistani prime minister has yet seen through a five-year term. The consequences of that misrule in Pakistan are so graphic, says James Boulden. India's power is now one of the great moving plates in geopolitics,. Whereas Pakistan is increasingly seen as a global problem," he adds.

The country’s military is renowned for political overreach. Now, its leaders are taking on former prime minister Imran Khan. Is violent unrest on the horizon? Why a new Polish law to rid the country of Russian influence could threaten its democracy. And, the Japanese are taking a new approach to funerals.

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