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James Dobbins

Strategy & Conflict July/August 2015 Essay

Time to Negotiate in Afghanistan

After many starts and stops, now is the time to try to negotiate a peace settlement in Afghanistan. The United States should help Afghan forces hold the line on the...

James Dobbins and Carter Malkasian

Politics & Society Aug 22, 2012 Response

Gate Crashing the Opposition

Washington might ultimately want a new government in Tehran, but the drive to topple the current one must come from inside the country. If and when Iranians take to...

James Dobbins and Alireza Nader

Civil Society Aug 23, 2011 Snapshot

Libyan Nation Building After Qaddafi

With Qaddafi's ouster imminent, the West must plan for post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction.

James Dobbins and Frederic Wehrey

Strategy & Conflict Oct 26, 2010 Snapshot

Your COIN Is No Good Here

President Obama's advisers agree that the Taliban is an insurgency and that the United States has a real interest in stopping its return to power. Why, then, would...

James Dobbins

Post-Conflict Reconstruction Humanitarian Intervention Political Development State Failure Mar 15, 2010 News Release

Foreign Affairs LIVE: The Future of State Building

Bronwyn Bruton James Dobbins Clare Lockhart Gideon Rose

A discussion on the the theory and practice of state building. Can and should the United States commit to building up institutions in weak states?

Security Nov 4, 2009 Snapshot

Our Man in Kabul

With the cancellation of Afghanistan's runoff election, Washington is left with Hamid Karzai as its partner in Kabul. How did Karzai come to power in the first place,...

James Dobbins

Security September/October 2007 Essay

Who Lost Iraq?

The current debate over the United States' failures in Iraq needs to go beyond bumper-sticker conclusions -- no more preemption, no more democracy promotion, no more...

James Dobbins

War & Military Strategy July/August 2006 Essay

What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable

Can anything -- international mediation, regional collaboration, decentralization, or constitutional negotiations -- save Iraq from a full-fledged civil war and the...

Larry Diamond, James Dobbins, Chaim Kaufmann, Leslie H. Gelb

Security January/February 2005 Essay

Iraq: Winning the Unwinnable War

By losing the trust of the Iraqi people, the Bush administration has already lost the war. Moderate Iraqis can still win it, but only if they wean themselves from ...

James Dobbins

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James Dobbins

Time to Negotiate in Afghanistan

Gate Crashing the Opposition

Libyan Nation Building After Qaddafi

Your COIN Is No Good Here

Foreign Affairs LIVE: The Future of State Building

Our Man in Kabul

Who Lost Iraq?

What to Do in Iraq: A Roundtable

Iraq: Winning the Unwinnable War

South Korea's Leader Makes Bold Effort to Enhance the Prospects for Peace

The United Nations Braces for Donald Trump's Second Appearance—And He Should Prepare for Blowback

Equatorial Guinea's Teodorin Obiang Faces Trouble Abroad for Corruption, Again

A U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela Would Be a Disaster

The Link Between Foreign Languages and U.S. National Security

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

Creating a State Department Office for American State and Local Diplomacy

The Global Cost of the Eurozone’s 2012 Fiscal Coordination Failure

Publications

The U.S. Immigration Debate

U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons

The Rohingya Crisis