Daniel Markey, a former State Department specialist on South Asia, says the United States should be concerned about the truce talks between Pakistan’s army and tribal leaders.

South Asia expert Teresita Schaffer says Washington and Islamabad have different priorities in the fight against militancy.

Yang Guang, director of the Institute of West Asian and African Studies, says that China and the United States “do not have strategic conflicts” in Africa.

Risk management expert Erwann Michel-Kerjan discusses how the terrorism insurance sector has evolved since September 11.

CFR’s Bronwyn Bruton says the United States will not be able to end piracy in Somalia by using force and should take a modest approach that avoids grand schemes to reconstruct the government.