U.S. withdrawal could bring a new Afghan civil war—or worse, the division of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Obama could have reordered U.S. priorities in Afghanistan. Instead he chose to double down.
The lessons Washington must learn from the consequences of America's globalist post-9/11 policy.
How the West's ignorance of regional geopolitics doomed its campaign in Afghanistan and invited the resurgence of terrorism.
The United States and Pakistan have afforded the Taliban unearned legitimacy. Talks will set back a decade of counterinsurgency work in Afghanistan.
Recent victories against al-Qaeda, while notable, are insufficient. The threat of terror looms large in the new year.
Washington and Islamabad finally seemed to be turning a corner toward cooperation. All that is over now.
Guns blazing, the Republican hopefuls talk Iran, AfPak, Syria and more. One has to wonder what kinds of crises would unfold if one of these candidates were to become president.
U.S.-Pakistani relations have reached a boiling point. Any presidential candidate must have a plan for Islamabad.
From the Rabbani assassination to the Afghanistan-India pact, how the past two weeks undermined a decade of war.