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A Sadly Simplistic Afghan Debate

Robert W. Merry | Mar 1, 2013

Nixon's handling of Vietnam and China could offer insights for Obama in Afghanistan.

The McChrystal Way of War

Gary Hart | Mar 1, 2013

The general was an innovative thinker in the midst of major changes in the Army.

A Subtle Shift at Foggy Bottom

Robert Golan-Vilella | Feb 21, 2013

Mr. Erdogan Goes to Shanghai

Ariel Cohen | Feb 18, 2013

Turkey shouldn't fall for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Killing Americans

James Joyner | Feb 6, 2013

A Department of Justice memo asserts that the executive branch can unilaterally order U.S. citizens murdered without so much as a criminal charge.

Erdogan's Kurdish Issues

Morton Abramowitz
Jessica Sims
 | Jan 28, 2013

Peace with the PKK rebels could cement Erdogan's legacy; blowback from Syria could ruin it. 

Get the Deal or Get Out of Afghanistan

Dov S. Zakheim | Jan 15, 2013

There is simply no justification for having a single American killed or wounded on the Afghan battlefield if all is certain to come to naught in a year’s time or less.

A Decade of War, Forgotten

Robert Golan-Vilella | Jan 7, 2013

They Oughta Do Something

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 28, 2012

Sometimes America can't fix everything.

Rough Year Ahead for Central Asia

Ilan Greenberg | Dec 28, 2012

Ethnic hostilities, Islamic insurgencies, nationalist rivalries, intraregional grievances, and spillover from Afghanistan threaten to reintroduce civil conflict and the possibility of regime change from below.

Can Pakistan Lead Afghan Peace?

Malou Innocent | Dec 13, 2012

Kabul is pursuing a Pakistan-brokered deal with the Taliban. It won't work.

The Al Qaeda Cancer

Jonathan E. Hillman | Dec 6, 2012

A limited treatment is sometimes better medicine.

Afghan Security Returns to the Grassroots

Javid Ahmad | Nov 28, 2012

As the United States reduces its presence, Afghanistan's police and tribal leaders come to the fore.

The "Ugly American" Trainers

Amitai Etzioni | Nov 19, 2012

Efforts to prepare the Afghans to fend off the Taliban on their own suffer from cultural tone-deafness.

Worrying About the Wrong Neighbor

Thomas de Waal | Nov 16, 2012

Georgia's real problem is with Turkey, not Russia.

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