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Sep 21, 2009

McChrystal: More Troops or Failure in Afghanistan

By James Joyner

As widely rumored, NATO’s Afghanistan commander has asked President Obama for another sizable increase in troops, otherwise suffer “likely failure.”

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Sep 16, 2009

Afghanistan: Who Cares More?

By Don Snow

The last posting opened with the question of what was between the United States and attaining its goals in Afghanistan. To pose and frame the question, a “formula” of sorts was put forward to describe the process and barriers to reaching the desired end (Goal Attainment=Successful COIN+Successful State-Building). In the first posting, questions were raised […]

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Sep 15, 2009

Afghanistan Fight Has Local Support

By James Joyner

India’s new ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, told the Atlantic Council that her government believes it is “imperative that the United States stay the course” in Afghanistan even while conceding that “stability will require a sustained engagement.” 

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New Atlanticist

Sep 14, 2009

Afghanistan: Barriers to Success

By Don Snow

Recent developments in Afghanistan – discontent over the elections, increased violence, likely US military calls for additional manpower, growing U.S. public disaffection with the effort – have all coalesced to increase the intensity of discussions about what the United States seeks to accomplish in that far distant country

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New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2009

Afghan Announcement Delayed for Germany’s Elections

By Stephen Smith

Obama plans to shift 45,000 troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, enlisting more help from the United States’ European allies, but he will delay this until after Germany’s general election later this month, Spiegel reports.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 10, 2009

Gordon Brown Right on Afghanistan

By Harlan Ullman

Last Friday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivered a major address on Afghanistan here in London. The speech was to mark a major change in British policy meant to refocus British efforts in this war and bring more resources across government to bear. The media did not favorably review the speech in part because it […]

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Sep 10, 2009

NATO Can Survive Afghanistan Failure

By James Joyner

In my latest for The National Interest, I argue that, despite the constant urging otherwise by former  Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO can survive failing in Afghanistan.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 9, 2009

Looking Down the Afghan Road

By Don Snow

What must the United States do in Afghanistan in order to be able to maintain at the end of our overt military involvement that we have succeeded?

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New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2009

Afghanistan, Vietnam, and the Limits of Force

By Chuck Hagel

The other night I watched the film “The Deer Hunter.” Afterward, I remembered why it took me so many years to be able to watch Vietnam movies.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2009

Washington’s Afghan Brawl

By Thomas Rid

The debate on the pros and cons of Afghanistan is raging inside the Beltway. And it is a bit unsettling. On the one side are those who say no, America has no national interests in Afghanistan — and yes, it’s a war of choice: let’s leave the hellhole and get out asap. On the other […]

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