The Pitfalls of Strategic Ambiguity
As both Amb. Eikenberry and GEN Petraeus prepare to depart it is worth reflecting on the upcoming changes to the Afghanistan policy and strategy. So far, NATO troops have met varying degrees of success...
View ArticleHamid Karzai is Losing Legitimacy
The eyes of the whole world seem to be on Afghanistan. First,U.S. President Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will be withdrawing the so-called ‘surge troops’ from Afghanistan. Then, Hamid Karzai’s...
View ArticleAwlaqi’s Death Shows the Practicality of Off-Shore Balancing
It appears that Anwar al Awlaqi was killed earlier today in a drone attack in northern Yemen. Awlaqi, as an American born cleric, has attracted a great deal of attention. Additionally, is organization...
View ArticleLt. Col. JOHN NAGL: A Shift in the Afghanistan Strategy-Put the National Army...
This piece was published as part of The Future of Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy, a collaboration between the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and ForeignAffairs.com. A recent trip...
View ArticleSTEPHEN BIDDLE: Leaving Afghanistan to the Warlords – An Unpalatable...
This piece was published as part of The Future of Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy, a collaboration between the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and ForeignAffairs.com. The range of...
View ArticleZALMAY KHALILZAD: The Three Futures for Afghanistan – Why the Country Needs a...
This piece was published as part of The Future of Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy, a collaboration between the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and ForeignAffairs.com. Ten years after the...
View ArticleFREDERICK W. KAGAN and KIMBERLY KAGAN: The Case for Continuing the...
This piece was published as part of The Future of Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy, a collaboration between the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and ForeignAffairs.com. U.S. and allied...
View ArticleJASON LYALL: Afghanistan’s Lost Decade – What Went Wrong Between the Two Bonn...
This piece was published as part of The Future of Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy, a collaboration between the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and ForeignAffairs.com. In late 2001, flush...
View ArticleIVAN ARREGUIN-TOFT: Washington’s Colonial Conundrum in Afghanistan – Why the...
This piece was published as part of The Future of Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy, a collaboration between the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and ForeignAffairs.com. The future of...
View ArticlePAUL L. YINGLING: An Absence of Strategic Thinking – On the Multitude of...
This piece was published as part of The Future of Afghanistan and U.S. Foreign Policy, a collaboration between the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism and ForeignAffairs.com. The withdrawal of...
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