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Analysis and Commentary

The Great Retreat

by Russell A. Bermanvia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, April 16, 2012

As the 2014 promised departure from Afghanistan draws nearer, popular support for the war is dwindling, and not only in the United States...

Analysis and Commentary

Under Eastern Eyes

by Charles Hillvia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, April 16, 2012

When Alexander the Great led soldiers of the world’s sole superpower into Afghanistan he did not fulfill the requirements of today’s counterinsurgency doctrine...

Analysis and Commentary

Nothing Left

by Fouad Ajamivia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, April 16, 2012

The Afghans want us to stay, so it is long past time to haul up the gear and leave the Hindu Kush to its ways...

Interviews

Fouad Ajami on John Batchelor

with Fouad Ajamivia John Batchelor Show
Monday, April 16, 2012

Guests: Declan Walsh, NYT; Fouad Ajami, Hoover; David Kirkpatrick, NYT; Atossa Abrahamian, Reuters...

Introduction

Can the Afghan war be won?

by Fouad Ajamivia The Caravan
Monday, April 16, 2012

This is now America's longest war, yet it has been so sparsely debated of late.  Can this war be won?  Have there been gains worthy of the sacrifices in blood and treasure incurred by the United States and its allies?  Or is it time to acknowledge that this war cannot be brought to any meaningful conclusion let alone a victorious one?

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Consolidating Gains and Hardening the Afghan State Against Organized Crime and Enemy Subversion

by H. R. McMastervia The Caravan
Monday, April 16, 2012

The mass murder attacks against our own nation on September 11, 2001 and subsequent attacks on other nations including the U.K., Spain, and India, demonstrate clearly the importance of denying transnational terrorist organizations access to the resources, freedom of movement, safe havens, and ideological space they need to plan, organize, and conduct these attacks.

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The Other Side of the COIN

by Leon Wieseltiervia The Caravan
Monday, April 16, 2012

The origins of a war do not always illuminate its outcome.

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Next Generation Afghanistan

by Clare Lockhartvia The Caravan
Monday, April 16, 2012

Afghanistan has been at war, in one form or another, for more than thirty years.

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Needed: A Political Strategy after the Deal Collapses

by Joel D. Rayburnvia The Caravan
Monday, April 16, 2012

Observers rightly say that the Afghanistan campaign will not result in a sustainable outcome without a political strategy to accompany the military operations NATO is conducting.  In too many minds, however, formulating a political strategy has been equated to brokering a deal

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The Great Retreat

by Russell A. Bermanvia The Caravan
Monday, April 16, 2012

As the 2014 promised departure from Afghanistan draws nearer, popular support for the war is dwindling, and not only in the United States.

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The Caravan | A Quarterly Publication


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Caravan Notebook | Essay & Podcast Platform

Caravan Notebook


A platform featuring essays and podcasts on current events to current trends in the Middle East and Islamic World.

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The Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on the Middle East and the Islamic World highlights the importance of studying both a region and a culture, while also addressing challenges outside the Middle East itself.

Chaired by Hoover fellow Russell Berman, the group draws on a wide network of scholars and practitioners, from within the United States and abroad, to support changes that enhance economic and political freedom, and foster personal liberty and rule of law—developments that are critical to the very order of the international system.


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