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The Importance of the UN
Yesterday the UN Mission in Kabul announced it was going to review its policies and presence in Afghanistan in the wake of the attack on its guest house on Wednesday. This is an all too familiar scenario as... Loyal Opposition in the Foreign Service
Yesterday’s announcement of the resignation of Matthew Hoh, a Foriegn Service Officer stationed in Afghanistan, made headlines as the first government official resigning out of protest to our current policy in... Division at UN in Kabul
Yesterday the United Nations Mission in Kabul (UNAMA) announced the departure of the number two diplomat at the Mission, the American Ambassador Peter Galbraith. His departure signaled a deep division within... A House Divided
The White House is now contending with competing strategies in the case of Afghanistan. The Pentagon has made the argument for more troops (upwards of 40, 000) to implement what Gen. McChrystal has proposed as a... What Gen. McChrystal Would Be Asked
As the debate of what to do next in Afghanistan and as it simmers near boiling the one question which underlies the debate is what is the root cause of the insurgency? This is a question that would lead off any... 308 views | 57 recommendations | 10 comments
Civilians are from Venus, Military are from Mars
The one issue that keeps raising its head in reconstructing Afghanistan is the need for a harmonization between civilian and military elements. This has been an challenge not only in Afghanistan but in Iraq... The Nature of a Leak
The most popular game in Washington has always been who leaked what to whom and ultimately why was the story leaked? The latest episode of this parlor game is the leaking of Gen. McChrystal’s report on the... A Civilian Surge?
Most conversations today that involve the future of Afghanistan always seem to end with an agreement that a “civilian surge” has to take place in order for a sustainable peace to take hold. This point is... The Tale of Two Presidents
The story of two Presidents , Zardari in Pakistan and Karzai in Afghanistan, is a story of expectations both high and low. The situation in Afghanistan continues to worry US and Western officials as the... The Pakistan in AfPak
In conversations I had this summer in Islamabad one question kept reoccurring in respect to US policy in the region, why is Pakistan linked with US policy in Afghanistan? This was asked not in the strategic sense... 113 views | 21 recommendations | 2 comments
Brzezinski's Call for Afghan Conference
This past weekend Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor under Jimmy Carter, called for an international conference on Afghanistan. Brzezinski was in London at an International Institute for Strategic... The IED Plus Up
Yesterday’s NY Times reported that the Pentagon was nearing a decision to send an additional 3,000 US troops to counter the growing improvised explosive device (IED) threat in Afghanistan. This addition... Afghanistan's River Basin
The events in Afghanistan over the past eight years have often defied description. No one theory has been able to capture the process to date, but the river basin theory just might fit as we apply to... 257 views | 41 recommendations | 4 comments
Decision Time About Afghanistan
The events of the past month are pushing this administration and the NATO alliance for definitive action in Afghanistan. The attacks on NATO forces, NATO attacks on Taliban forces, further deaths of civilians... 352 views | 53 recommendations | 9 comments
Kunduz-A New Toehold for the Taliban
"The northern Province of Kunduz has been bellwether in the past, lately it has been one that has proved worrisome. In 2001 it was, like other Provinces in the north of Afghanistan, a stronghold of the... 448 views | 43 recommendations | 5 comments
