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January 7, 2011 This Week on ForeignAffairs.com This newsletter is sponsored by The Asia Foundation. Letter From Letter From Karachi Taimur Khan An influx of working poor into Pakistan's cities is leading to violent competition over land and political loyalties -- not to mention changing the very social fabric of the country. Will Karachi, and Pakistan as a whole, be able to adapt? Read Comment - JAN/FEB 2011 Sudan's Secession Crisis Andrew S. Natsios and Michael Abramowitz Depending on how locals and outsiders react to events in Sudan, the secession referendum scheduled for January could trigger either the country's partition or a new explosion of violence. Read Advertisement: The Asia Foundation The Asia Foundation is the premier non-governmental organization working to promote reform and prosperity in Asia. We work in modern cities, and remote rugged areas using cutting edge approaches to economics, governance, reform and empowerment. We help strengthen Asian initiatives, actively investing in Asian organizations, institutions, coalitions and citizens. For the latest from on the ground in Asia, click here. Snapshot The Myth of Defensible Borders Omar M. Dajani and Ezzedine C. Fishere A standing army in the West Bank will not keep Israelis safe. But a multilateral security agreement could. Read Essay - JAN/FEB 2011 Plan B in Afghanistan Robert D. Blackwill There are no easy or cost-free ways to escape the current quagmire in Afghanistan. Although it has problems, a de facto partition of Afghanistan, in which Washington pursues nation building in the north and counterterrorism in the south, offers an acceptable fallback. Read New Expert Blog from the Council on Foreign Relations In "Africa in Transition," John Campbell, CFR's senior fellow for Africa policy studies and author of the new book, Nigeria: Dancing on the Brink, tracks the political and security developments on the continent. Read his analysis of Cote D'Ivoire's ongoing election crisis, Nigeria's "polarizing politics," and more. The blog also features recent video interviews with Campbell, discussing the importance of the oil-rich Niger Delta to U.S. interests, Christian-Muslim relations in Nigeria, as well as the likely outcome of its upcoming presidential elections and the resurgence of the militant Islamic group Boko Haram. Join the discussion at http://blogs.cfr.org/campbell/, where you can also subscribe to email alerts of new posts or the RSS feed. Campbell also shares his insights on his twitter feed (@JohnCampbellcfr). View all CFR blogs on Asia, U.S. foreign policy, the Middle East, geoeconomics, and more, at www.cfr.org/blogs.