Recent months have brought a startling shift in U.S.-Pakistani relations. On Sept. 25, President Donald Trump hosted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, at the White House, marking the latest sign of improving relations. The warming up began with Trump inviting Munir to lunch at the White House earlier in June — the first time a U.S. president had hosted a Pakistani military chief unaccompanied by civilian leaders. Munir was back within two months, sitting in the front row at U.S. Central Command’s change of command ceremony in Florida. Concrete policy moves accompanied thisThe post Explaining Trump’s Surprising Turn to Pakistan appeared first on War on the Rocks.