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Colin H. Kahl

WMD & Proliferation Jun 9, 2014 Snapshot

Risky Business

This week, Iranian and U.S. diplomats raced to Geneva for unscheduled, high-level bilateral talks. The news might have come as a surprise, but it shouldn’t have. The...

Colin H. Kahl

An Iranian girl carries an anti-U.S. placard with an image of U.S. President Barack Obama, January 13, 2012.

U.S. Foreign Policy Jan 7, 2014 Snapshot

Still Not Time to Attack Iran

Whatever hawks might argue, attacking Iran would be an enormous mistake. The prospects for reaching a comprehensive agreement to resolve the nuclear impasse peacefully...

Colin H. Kahl

WMD & Proliferation September/October 2012 Response

Iran and the Bomb

A nuclear-armed Iran would not make the Middle East more secure, argues Colin Kahl; it would yield more terrorism and pose a risk of a nuclear exchange. Kenneth Waltz...

Colin H. Kahl and Kenneth N. Waltz

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani waits to address the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 24, 2013

Security March/April 2012 Response

Not Time to Attack Iran

Matthew Kroenig’s recent article in this magazine argued that a military strike against Iran would be “the least bad option” for stopping its nuclear program. But the...

Colin H. Kahl

Security July/August 2008 Response

When to Leave Iraq

Today, tomorrow, or yesterday?

Colin H. Kahl and William E. Odom

War & Military Strategy November/December 2007 Review Essay

COIN of the Realm

The U.S. military's new counterinsurgency manual is an overdue step forward in doctrine. But a look back at the history of counterinsurgency offers a sobering reminder...

Colin H. Kahl

Law of War November/December 2006 Essay

How We Fight

Reports that U.S. troops may have killed 24 civilians in Haditha, Iraq, last November have renewed fears that the U.S. military routinely violates the laws of war. But...

Colin H. Kahl

Iraq - Foreign Affairs

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