A Legacy of Rogues in Afghanistan
Afghan militias created by the United States have been accused of committing serious human rights abuses against local populations.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (4/8)
Emphasis, as always, added.
Way Worse Than a Dumb War: Iraq Ten Years Later
The U.S. war in Iraq may be over, but we owe an apology to all those who suffered from the war.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (3/19)
Emphasis, as always, added.
Stop Registering Afghan Voters
Afghan’s convoluted and expensive voter registration system completely misses the actual sources of election fraud.
Afghanistan’s Forgotten Refugees
Afghans who have sacrificed their homes and futures to the U.S. occupation deserve the chance to make a new life abroad.
A Focal Points Roundtable: Is the Taliban Losing?
Does conventional thinking that Afghanistan will revert to the Taliban upon U.S. and NATO withdrawal need to be reexamined?
Afghanistan: Avoiding Default
Three scenarios for how the U.S. might manage its involvement in Afghanistan between now and 2014.
Maybe David Brooks Could Teach Gen. Petraeus and the Kagans a Thing or Two About Humility
Gen. Petraeus allowed unprecedented access to conservative Washington think tankers.
The Next Administration’s Top Five Foreign Policy Challenges
The next administration’s top short-term challenge will undoubtedly be to end U.S. involvement in combat operations in Afghanistan.
Six Global Issues The Foreign Policy Debates Won’t Touch
In the foreign policy debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, expect these issues to get short thrift.
What Went Unmentioned in the Vice Presidential Debate
Once again the drone war, militarization of U.S. policy in Africa, and Palestine all remain unmentioned.
Romney on the Middle East: Obama, but Worse
Beneath the bluster, Romney’s foreign policy isn’t so different from Obama’s. It’s just worse.
Curbing Corruption in Afghanistan
Afghanistan can’t prosecute its way out of rampant corruption.
Accountability and Insurgency in Afghanistan
The U.S.-backed Afghan government of Hamid Karzai is stamping out local government, which only inflames the country’s insurgency.