Barnett R. Rubin
Essay
Nov/Dec
2008
The crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan is beyond the point where more troops will help. U.S. strategy must be to seek compromise with insurgents while addressing regional rivalries and insecurities
Essay
Jan/Feb
2007
With the Taliban resurgent, reconstruction faltering, and opium poppy cultivation at an all-time high, Afghanistan is at risk of collapsing into chaos. If Washington wants to save the international effort there, it must increase its commitment to the area and rethink its strategy -- especially its approach to Pakistan, which continues to give sanctuary to insurgents on its tribal frontier.
Capsule Review
Sep/Oct
1995
Essay
Winter
1989
The Afghan people are faced with "the unhappy alternatives of a government they reject and a resistance they fear".
