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New Atlanticist

Aug 25, 2009

Why Do the Afghans Need Our Help?

By Shuja Nawaz

Matt Yglesias writes over at Think Progress: The other thing I wonder about is these incredibly long time horizons for getting the Afghan army up to speed. Why so long?

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New Atlanticist

Aug 25, 2009

Afghanistan: Putting Lipstick on a Pig

By Don Snow

Two events over the weekend have dominated news from Afghanistan. One involves voting in the presidential election, results of which will not be final for several weeks but which have aroused much passionate rhetoric anyway. The other is the not very surprising conclusion by the  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the situation […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Aug 25, 2009

Michael Jackson Trumps Afghanistan in News Coverage

By James Joyner

Americans’ limited interest in foreign affairs has long been lamented. But surely, the war in Afghanistan deserves more press coverage than the death of a pop star?

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Aug 24, 2009

The Cost of the War on Climate Change

By Ross Rustici

The challenges posed by climate change are too severe to rely on military institutions that are equipped only to respond to crisis situations.

New Atlanticist

Aug 24, 2009

Afghanistan: War of Necessity?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Afghanistan is not only President Obama’s war, but it’s also what he now calls “a war of necessity.” But for Richard Haass, the head of the Council on Foreign Relations who was head of policy planning at the State Department in the run-up to the Iraq War and who voted for Obama, Afghanistan is a […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Aug 24, 2009

Hillary Clinton’s Quiet Revolution?

By James Joyner

David Rothkopf argues that, while the commentariet is distracted by Hillary Clinton’s celebrity, the new secretary of state is “overseeing what may be the most profound changes in U.S. foreign policy in two decades — a transformation that may render the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush mere side notes in a long transition […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 21, 2009

The War on Climate Change

By Ross Rustici

With the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review and the looming debate over the Waxman-Markey bill, securitizing climate change is in vogue.  However, proponents of securitizing climate change, particularly on the grounds of the Responsibility to Protect concept, are mistaken.

New Atlanticist

Aug 21, 2009

Afghanistan Effort Shooting Behind a Moving Target

By James Easaw

A wise man once said “we can’t kill our way to victory” in Afghanistan.  And, I might add, we can’t keep shooting behind a moving target either.  If you want to hit a moving target, you have to lead it.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Aug 21, 2009

The WTO and Cultural Goods: The Case of Hollywood

By Griffin Huschke

Last week, the World Trade Organization struck down China’s use of a governmental agency to supply western movies to consumers, stating that the practice provided Chinese movies with an unfair trade advantage.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2009

Lockerbie Bomber Released Over U.S. Objections

By James Joyner

The man who murdered 270 people by bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, has been given a compassionate release from prison so that he may spend his dying days with his family.

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