Afghanistan

Trump Administration Mar 21, 2018 Snapshot

Why Peace Talks Are Washington's Best Bet in Afghanistan

The U.S. Can't Continue Down the Same Failed Path

Vikram J. Singh

U.S. and NATO troops arrive at the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2017.

From the Archives Jan 3, 2018 Snapshot

Why the Taliban Isn't Winning in Afghanistan

Too Weak for Victory, Too Strong for Defeat

Seth G. Jones

A game of cricket on a field outside of Kabul, December 2017.

From the Archives Jan 2, 2018 Snapshot

Russia's Afghanistan Strategy

How Moscow Is Preparing to Go It Alone

Julia Gurganus

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Ufa, Russia, July 2015.

Criminal Law Nov 16, 2017 Snapshot

Why the U.S. Can No Longer Ignore the ICC

What an Investigation Into U.S. War Crimes in Afghanistan Would Mean

Kip Hale

Security November/December 2017 Comment

Staying the Course in Afghanistan

How to Fight the Longest War

Kosh Sadat and Stanley McChrystal

The fight goes on: near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, December 2014

From the Archives Sep 18, 2017 Snapshot

Trump's Surge in Afghanistan

Why We Can't Seem to End the War

Daniel Byman and Steven Simon

Strategy & Conflict Sep 6, 2017 Snapshot

Trump's Afghan Plan

A Strategy, But Not Much of One

Sumit Ganguly

U.S. troops watch as President Donald Trump announces his plan for Afghanistan, August 2017.

Afghanistan Aug 8, 2017 Letter From

How an Afghan Immigrant From New York Got Caught in Turkey's Purge

Letter From Istanbul

Fariba Nawa

Political Development Jul 24, 2017 Snapshot

Afghanistan's Deadly Identity Politics

How Corruption and Ethnic Division Undermine Governance

Patricia Gossman

Afghans pray for the victims of a May car-bombing in Kabul, June 2017.

From the Archives Jul 14, 2017 Snapshot

Calling Pakistan's Bluff

The Right Way to Stop the Taliban

Whitney Kassel and Philip Reiner

Pakistani commandos during a military parade in Islamabad, March 2017.

Afghanistan Jun 27, 2017 Snapshot

Germany's Other Refugees

The Politics of Deciding Who Stays and Who Goes

Yardena Schwartz

From the Archives Jun 16, 2017 Snapshot

A Flawed Plan for Afghanistan

The Trouble With Deploying More U.S. Troops

Aaron B. O'Connell

A U.S. soldier on patrol in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, April 2012.

From the Archives May 25, 2017 Snapshot

Four Ways Forward in Afghanistan

What the United States Could Do With More Troops

Sameer Lalwani

A U.S. soldier shielding himself from the rotor wash of a helicopter near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, December 2014.

Security May 3, 2017 Snapshot

Adrift in Afghanistan

Trump Should Clarify the United States’ Role

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

A boy playing on a merry-go-round in Kabul, July 2015.

Security Apr 26, 2017 Snapshot

How to Stabilize Afghanistan

What Russia, Iran, and the United States Can Do

Scott Worden

Afghan soldiers taking a break in Baghlan Province, March 2016.

Strategy & Conflict Apr 5, 2017 Snapshot

What Drives Insider Attacks in Afghanistan?

Taliban Infiltration Is a Major Factor

Javid Ahmad

U.S. troops and Afghan policemen inspect the site of a suicide attack on the outskirts of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, November 2014.

From the Archives Mar 21, 2017 Snapshot

How Trump Should Manage Afghanistan

A Realistic Set of Goals for the New Administration

Seth G. Jones

Afghan security forces take position during a gun battle between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 2017.

Afghanistan Mar 2, 2017 Snapshot

Danger on the Durand Line

Tensions Rise Between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Michael Kugelman

An overview of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Torkham, Pakistan, June 2016.

Politics & Society Oct 12, 2016 Review Essay

The Corleones of Kabul

The U.S.–Afghan Divorce and the Karzai Family

Jonah Blank

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Why Peace Talks Are Washington's Best Bet in Afghanistan

Why the Taliban Isn't Winning in Afghanistan

Russia's Afghanistan Strategy

Why the U.S. Can No Longer Ignore the ICC

Staying the Course in Afghanistan

Trump's Surge in Afghanistan

Trump's Afghan Plan

How an Afghan Immigrant From New York Got Caught in Turkey's Purge

Afghanistan's Deadly Identity Politics

Calling Pakistan's Bluff

Germany's Other Refugees

A Flawed Plan for Afghanistan

Four Ways Forward in Afghanistan

Adrift in Afghanistan

How to Stabilize Afghanistan

What Drives Insider Attacks in Afghanistan?

How Trump Should Manage Afghanistan

Danger on the Durand Line

The Corleones of Kabul

Dangerous Tunes in Kabul

Oil Prices and the U.S. Economy: Reading the Tea Leaves of the Trump Tweet on OPEC

The Challenge to Global Order: A Conversation With Richard N. Haass and the Council of Councils

We-Fi’s Success Cannot Come Soon Enough: Here's How to Make That Happen

Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: April 14 - April 20

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

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U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons

The Rohingya Crisis

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