News Sources: Changes Urged in Pakistan Gov't

America and Britain are seeking to broker a power-sharing deal between Pakistan's president, Gen Pervez Musharraf, and the exiled former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. They are anxious to ensure that the general, who overthrew Bhutto in a 1999 coup and is a key ally in the US-led war on terror, retains his hold on power after the worst political crisis of his eight-year rule. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them on line at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including (click on names for contact information):

Kenneth J. Menkhaus - Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College - Menkhaus is a frequent consultant to the US government, the UN and NGO's on "failed states," peacekeeping and post-war reconstruction in countries like Afghanistan and Somalia. He served as special political advisor in the UN operation in Somalia in 1993-94, and in 1994-95 was visiting civilian professor at the Peacekeeping Institute of the US Army War College.

Bob Snyder - Professor of Political Science, Southwestern University - Snyder can discuss Middle East politics, U.S. foreign policy and Islamist terrorism. He is the author of Hating America: Bin Laden as a Civilized Revolutionary and The Myth of Preemption: More than a War Against Iraq.