After unsuccessful nation-building enterprises in Iraq and Afghanistan, a change in military strategy may well be in order.
Continue reading America’s Dangerous Infatuation with Counterinsurgency
Although full U.S. combat operations officially ended in Afghanistan in 2014, the fight against extremism rages on.
China’s willingness to engage with the Taliban is indicative of its long-term security and economic interests in Afghanistan.
Continue reading After the War: China’s Growing Role in Afghanistan
Even as American forces seek to wind down the mission in Afghanistan, a renewed campaign in Iraq grows in intensity. With Iraq returning to civil war, Chris Newton contemplates whether Afghanistan, after 13 years of foreign intervention, will meet the same fate.
If Afghan farmers are to have a chance of escaping the Taliban-controlled informal economy, the U.S. and its NATO allies must incorporate them into a legitimate supply chain.
Created in 1947 as a Cold War-era espionage agency, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has a long history of secret activities that range from attempted assassinations and regime change in foreign countries to the support of death squads and fascist coups up to the wholesale buying-off of puppet politicians. Top U.S. officials have for … Continue reading Rogue Shadow Paramilitary: The CIA After 9/11
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