Will We Need NATO After Afghanistan?

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Apr 11, 2012

Will We Need NATO After Afghanistan?

By Stanley Sloan

Despite the Obama administration’s re-focusing US security commitments on Asia, we will need NATO after Afghanistan. Some historical perspective might help.  When the Clinton Administration took office, it, too, sought to reorient American foreign policy toward Asia.  It was the economy, stupid, and the future of American economic interests was to be found on the […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 5, 2012

Who Will Bear the Cost of NATO’s Exit from Afghanistan? Ask Afghan Women

By Ahmad Waheed Andrea Barbara Baumann and Geety Samadi

In the run-up to NATO’s 2012 Chicago summit, Alliance members look ever more determined to leave Afghanistan sooner rather than later. In spite of the flurry of media reports, recent security incidents involving members of both the Afghan and the American security forces can be considered tragic exceptions. They nevertheless fuel the argument that little […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 27, 2012

Modern Military Atrocity: The Case of Robert Bales

By Don Snow

The alleged rampage of Staff Sergeant Robert Bales in an Afghan village that ended with 17 dead Afghan civilians has caught the public attention because the acts attributed to the 38-year-old father of two were so brutal, ghastly, and repulsive. They are a textbook case of war crimes–more specifically crimes against humanity–and are, as such […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 27, 2012

Afghanistan and Transition

By Derek Reveron

With Nawruz celebrations winding down in Afghanistan, Americans and Afghans are looking for change in policy during the new year. President Karzai recently said “Afghanistan is ready right now to take all security responsibilities completely…to speed up this process, authority should be given to Afghans.” On this side of the Hindu Kush, James Joyner, writing […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 26, 2012

Rethinking the US-Pakistan “Friendship”

By Shuja Nawaz

After a long wait following a request from a joint session of the Pakistani parliament in May 2011, the Pakistani parliamentary committee looking to reset relations with the United States has come out with its recommendations.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 26, 2012

US-Pakistani Relations “Challenging,” Says Ex-Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz

By Shaukat Aziz

On the sidelines of the Jeddah Economic Forum, Journalist Faisal J. Abbas interviewed Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and current Member of the Atlantic Council’s International Advisory Board.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2012

The Afghanistan Strategy: Time for a Reassessment

By James Cook

The horrendous murder of sixteen Afghan civilians by an American soldier has once again raised questions whether the Obama administration has a viable strategy for Afghanistan and if the current timeline for US troop withdrawal should be accelerated.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Mar 21, 2012

Confidence-Building Measures in South Asia

By Jehangir Karamat and Shashi Tyagi

Though India-Pakistan relations are going through a relatively calm phase, things can change quickly. We must therefore take advantage of the present atmosphere to lock in beneficial patterns of behavior.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 19, 2012

Ending the Afghan Slog

By James Joyner

Standing alongside British prime minister David Cameron, President Obama declared, “This is a hard slog. This is hard work. When I came into office, there had been drift in the Afghan strategy, in part because we had spent a lot of time focusing on Iraq instead. Over the last three years, we have refocused attention […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2012

A Hasty Retreat Would Add to the Huge Toll of the War

By Shuja Nawaz

We have failed in Afghanistan. Failed to define tightly the original mission. Failed to see Afghanistan through its own eyes and through the eyes of its neighbors. And we failed to explain to the American people why we were there and why we need to remain a partner in the region even when the fighting […]

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Josh Kirshner is a nonresident senior fellow in the GeoStrategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

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