This edition of the magazine,s cover story highlights the killing of Osama bin Laden that provided Pakistan with an opportunity to reverse its downward slide, though changing its course would not be easy. The country should decide whether to decisively confront Islamist violence, or continue with the military,s current policy of supporting jihadi militants with one hand even as it slaps them with the other. The extent, to which Pakistan,s powerful security and intelligence forces are currently being pushed against a wall, both publicly and internationally, will have ramifications that could stretch for many years. Also in this edition are the articles, “Thailand expelling Burmese Refugees” and “Another Nepali deadline.”