Tue, Sep 3, 2019
US-Taliban negotiations: How to avoid rushing to failure
A major troop withdrawal must be contingent on a final peace. The initial US drawdown should not go so far or so fast that the Taliban believe that they can achieve military victory. In that case, they will not make compromises for peace with other Afghan political forces.
New Atlanticist by James Dobbins, Robert P. Finn, Ronald E. Neumann, William Wood, John Negroponte, E. Anthony Wayne, Ryan Crocker, James Cunningham, Hugo Llorens
Tue, Jul 16, 2019
Trade at a crossroads: A vision for the US-India trade relationship
Both countries should prioritize efforts to manage current tensions, reach an early agreement and build on successes to initiate a series of cooperative projects in areas such as intellectual property rights, digital trade and regulatory coherence, mirroring previous successes on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
Report by Mark Linscott, Trevor Cloen, and Nidhi Upadhyaya
Mon, Jul 29, 2019
Pakistan PM Khan hails new relationship after Trump meeting
Pakistan can play a role in pushing the Taliban to participate in future talks, Imran Khan argues
New Atlanticist by Kyra Kocis
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