Search

... Kem , Deputy to the Commander, NATO Training Mission--Afghanistan , by Greg Bruno , Council on Foreign Relations ... - Interview with Colonel Gian P. Gentile , CFR Visiting Fellow, by Bernard Gwertzman , Council on Foreign Relations ...

Blog post - Aug 18 2010 - 11:25am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... the paramilitary operation that drove the Soviets out of Afghanistan. Now, three decades later, he is the top civilian advisor in the ... says he expects Special Operations Forces to "remain at their current levels for a significant period of time" after the majority of ...

Blog post - Jul 24 2008 - 2:09pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... in digest form for your consideration. Tara McKelvey at Columbia Journalism Review takes a cheap and shallow shot at Tom Ricks ... is most certainly okay with us, offers up the case for Afghanistan in regards to recent historical considerations . This is part 3 of ...

Blog post - Sep 15 2009 - 7:30pm - 9 comments - 0 attachments

... The War Over COIN by Max Boot at Commentary's Contentions. Boot discusses the importance of using ... article isn't that we need to be prepared to fight another Afghanistan or Iraq. It is more that the COIN concept merely acknowledges that ...

Blog post - Sep 16 2010 - 12:47pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

... U.S. Strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan - The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)-sponsored Independent ... finds that the current approach to the region is at a critical point. The Task Force, chaired by former deputy secretary of ...

Blog post - Nov 13 2010 - 7:07pm - 7 comments - 0 attachments

... and fired shots into the air. They screamed at the revelers to lie down, ripped open a plastic bag, and lobbed five human ... Lin Ezell. The Council on Foreign Relations - CFR is closely following the WikLeaks fiasco, their e-mail quoted with links ... Responsible Transition Securing U.S. Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2011 - Event announcement follows. A discussion ...

Blog post - Dec 13 2010 - 7:58pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... Iraqis view these issues by sect and ethnicity. AFGHANISTAN / PAKISTAN TRIBAL AREAS The Other Enemy - Ralph Peters, ... particularly. So even if the wheels fall off vehicles at Fort Hood, Texas, our overseas commanders have got to get the troops and ...

Blog post - Jun 3 2008 - 7:27pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... Confusion in Afghanistan - Ehsan Ahrari, Khaleej Times opinion. As President ... by the New York Times). Rory Stewart, a Professor at Harvard and an opponent of the option of increasing the troops is using the ...

Blog post - Oct 13 2009 - 5:54am - 4 comments - 0 attachments

... Tom Ricks on three things we need from Obama on Afghanistan - "corruption and abuses? - security problems in Pakistan? - U.S. domestic support?" And Tom Donnelly at AEI's Center for Defense Studies - strength before brilliance : "the long ...

Blog post - Nov 30 2009 - 7:41pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

... in 1975 really was a catastrophe. Another domino fell at virtually the same time -- Cambodia. Estimates vary, but a safe bet ... outward, emboldening communist aggression from Angola to Afghanistan. Iran's willingness to hold our embassy personnel hostage -- ...

Blog post - Mar 31 2008 - 10:42am - 3 comments - 0 attachments