Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Do the devastating floods that have displaced several million citizens now threaten Pakistan’s fragile democracy? “The destruction could set Pakistan back many years, if not decades, further weaken its feeble civilian administration and add to the burdens on its military,” The New York Times reports. Observers are concerned that radical Islamist groups could gain from the disaster.

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Pakistan floods threaten ‘democratic dispensation’?